For the first time, two seasons of Ryan Murphy‘s FX anthology series “American Horror Story” will have a real connection, firmly establishing them as existing in the same world. Actress
Naomi Grossman confirmed via Twitter that she will be reprising her “
The confirmation follows several months of rumors that her “pinhead” character Pepper would recur in the new circus sideshow iteration of the series.
“AT LAST!!! I can stop lying to you people! I’m living in New Orleans and am bald as a cucumber!” Grossman tweeted, confirming her casting after Ryan Murphy spoke about it in an interview with Entertainment Weekly.
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The current season of “AHS” takes place in 1952, which puts it more than a decade prior to the events of “Asylum.” Murphy told EW this this “is sort of like what happened to Pepper before she went to the asylum.”
“American Horror Story: Freak Show” premieres Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 10 EDT on FX.
