Thus, production on season 6 proved difficult as everyone onAmerican Horror Storytried to keepRoanoke’s content a secret.
“We tried to double-check nothing got leaked.
Eventually, it did.”
Later that month, however, Murphy clarified that Donald Trump and Hillary Clintonwould notappear as characters.
(After all, Murphyhas jokedabout the potential for her to play Kellyanne Conway before.)
Alas, EP Brad Falchuk debunked this theory.
Looking back onRoanoke, the cast noted it was very difficult keeping the story line secret.
“There was nothing we could say.
ThoughRoanokecame as a surprise to its audience, it was an idea the producers considered since the beginning.
“It was always in the back of our head… “Every season we’ve always tried to do something different from the season before,” he said.
“This was a really dramatic shift, much more pared down.
We really wanted to be as scary as possible.
We really wanted to beat the hell out of [the cast] in a different way.”
American Horror Story, which has alreadybeen renewedthrough season 9, is expected to return this fall on FX.