There's another addition to "American Horror Story: Freak Show." According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Murphy tapped "Nine Lives of Chloe King" actress Skyler Samuels for the fourth season. Details on the character are being kept under wraps but a source told THR that Samuels will play a "pivotal character" with a "major recurring arc."
Her character will supposedly be a resident of small town Jupiter, Fla. who "finds herself in a tough situation."
"Drumroll please... I can finally reveal the secret project I've been working on all summer: #AMERICANHORRORSTORY #FREAKSHOW! So delighted to be a part of this season. It's gonna be chilling, thrilling, and so much more. See you at the Freakshow #Oct8," Samuels wrote on Instagram.
The fourth season of "American Horror Story" will be set in the mid-1950s and centers on a "troupe of curiosities" whose arrival to Jupiter coincides "with the strange emergence of a dark entity that savagely threatens the lives of townsfolk and freaks alike."
"This is the story of the performers and their desperate journey of survival amidst the dying world of the American carny experience," an official description reads.
Samuels joins Jessica Lange (freak show leader Elsa Mars), Sarah Paulson (conjoined twins Dot and Bette), Evan Peters (lobster boy Jimmy Darling), Kathy Bates (bearded lady Ethel Darling), Michael Chiklis (strongman Dell Toledo), Wes Bentley (two-faced Edward Mordrake), John Carroll Lynch (Twisty the Clown), Emma Roberts (fortune teller and con artist Maggie), and Angela Bassett (three-breasted Desiree Dupree).
Also joining "Freak Show" is Denis O'Hare, Frances Conroy, Finn Wittrock, Gabourey Sidibe, Naomi Watts and Patti LaBelle. Matt Bomer also landed a guest role but details on his character are being kept secret. According to Entertainment Weekly, Bomer's character will appear in one episode.
"American Horror Story: Freak Show" premieres on FX Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 10 p.m.
