Lady Gaga's "American Horror Story: Hotel" character was finally revealed by series co-creator Ryan Murphy. The singer plays "a very wealthy social doyenne who is consumed with art and fashion," Murphy said during FX's presentation at the Television Critics Association, according to USA Today. Her character's name is Elizabeth and she has "a nefarious plan that is revealed in the first episode and plays out over the course of the season," said Murphy.
The rest of the cast were on hand during the presentation and spilled some interesting tidbits about their characters. Returning cast member Angela Bassett plays Ramona Royal, who has a strong "and real nasty relationship" with Gaga and Finn Wittrock's character, Tristan Duffy, who is a male model. Bassett's character is an actress, and while she doesn't live at the hotel, she visits often, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Kathy Bates' character runs the hotel and is named Iris. "I don't know yet if I get to work with Angela, I hope I do. And Liz Taylor (played by Dennis O'Hare) and I have a very close relationship, and I do crossword puzzles in my spare time," Bates told the audience.
Another returning actress, Sarah Paulson, said that her character is quite dark this year. "I think she's sexy. She's a drug addict, and not that drug addicts are sexy, but this girl happens to be quite sexy. She's got a thing. I don't think it's like anything I've done on this show ... I play Sally, I live at the hotel," Paulson said, according to Entertainment Weekly.
"American Horror Story: Hotel" is set in downtown Los Angeles and has parallels to the first season of the series, which took place in a haunted L.A. house. "This season harkens back to the first season and is much more rooted in the honest, primal fears that the first season was," Murphy said.
"American Horror Story: Hotel" premiers Oct. 7 on FX.
