Yahoo News AHS: Cult has more Evan Peters in it than ever before
After different roles in six series, it looks like American Horror Story: Cult will be lucky number seven for Evan Peters as he finally steps up to become a major player in the anthology series.
Creator Ryan Murphy has spent the last few months teasing that Evan Peters is about to take centre stage in a big was as he steps into the role of Kai in "a love story for the ages" in the new season.
A post shared by Ryan Murphy (@mrrpmurphy) on Aug 16, 2017 at 2:51pm PDT
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And, alongside teasing fans with some very Tim Burton-esque portraits of Peters and Sarah Paulson, who plays Kai's girlfriend Ally, in character, he's also dropped the biggest revelation of all that Cult is Peters' "greatest AHS role" to date.
"The many faces of EVAN PETERS," Ryan shared on Instagram yesterday (August 18), alongside an illustration of all of Peters' AHS roles so far.
"I think – and he agrees – that his upcoming KAI is his greatest AHS role to date."
A post shared by Ryan Murphy (@mrrpmurphy) on Aug 17, 2017 at 1:03pm PDT
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Peters has played roles in the series since it began, from playing Violet's (Taissa Farmiga) troubled teen/ghost/murdering love interest Tate in season one's Murder House right through to his smaller part in last year's sixth season Roanoke.
Over the years, the actors has played roles including a resurrected zombie boy Kyle (in season three's Coven), creepy carnival act Jimmy Darling (in season four's Freak Show) and serial killer James March (in season five's Hotel).
Perhaps his biggest role in the anthology series so far has been as Kit Walker in season two's Asylum – and seeing as that's the season that's continually topped Digital Spy's American Horror Story rankings list, we're already excited for what Cult has to offer.
And more Evan you will get. This is his heaviest season yet. More questions?
- Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) July 21, 2017
Taking to Twitter back in July, the showrunner also revealed that Evans will play more of a leading role in Cult, adding that this is his "heaviest season yet".
The latest season of American Horror Story has been called an explicit reaction to Donald Trump's presidency with Murphy teasing that it all kicks off on election night.
"The first 10 minutes of the season, this season, takes place in a very eerie, macabre way on election night," Murphy said. "And there's something terrible that happens in the lives of our characters on election night as they're watching it all go down."
For any more clues, we'll just have to piece them together from Cult's title sequence, which is actually dropping very soon despite it not normally being unveiled until the show's actual premiere.
"Because you asked for it..."American Horror Story: Cult" MAIN TITLE SEQUENCE will be released on MONDAY," he teased.
Because you asked for it..."American Horror Story: Cult" MAIN TITLE SEQUENCE will be released on MONDAY.
- Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) August 18, 2017
American Horror Story: Cult returns September 5 on FX in the US and September 8 on Fox in the UK.
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