'American Horror Story: Hotel' News: Evan Peters Was Originally Set To Play This Other Role [VIDEO]
Evan Peters wasn't originally going to play Mr. March in FX's American Horror Story: Hotel.
While Peters certainly made a memorable and fun character out of Mr. March, the sadistic owner of the Hotel Cortez, he found out he was going to play the character at essentially the last minute.
Peters spoke about this in a new interview, revealing that he was originally set to play Tristan Duffy, a.k.a. Finn Wittrock's character.
"I originally was going to play Tristan and then sort of last minute, [showrunner] Ryan [Murphy] was like, 'Will you play this Mr. March guy?'" Peters recalled to Deadline.
"And I was like, 'Oh s---. I don't know if I can do that.' He's like, 'And I want you to talk like you're from the 1930s.' Okay. I didn't quite know how to do that either, so I just watched a lot of 'My Man Godfrey' and William Powell and just tried to research it to come up with a backstory that would justify me being this role. Originally I think it was written as a 40-something year-old man. I don't look like I'm 40, and to try to play that is ridiculous, so I just tried to make it as this really young successful man, similar to a young oil tycoon or something like that, where he's got all this money and power and he's a total monster inside. I had a blast doing it."
Even if Peters were to play Tristan, he would have still shared plenty of screen time with Lady Gaga, who played The Countess. The actor spoke about working with the pop superstar so frequently, and how he learned from her.
"It was exciting because she is new to acting, but she is very good at it and was willing to get into it more than a lot of veteran actors, so it was very refreshing and cool to see her dive into it," Peters said. "Each take was very different and sometimes a little scary because you didn't know what you were going to get. You didn't know if she was going to be actually hitting you or freaking out or whatnot. It was all very instinctual, which was very cool to work with and sort of get you out of your head and sort of back into the instinct of acting. It was awesome to work with her. I learned a lot."
American Horror Story season 6 airs this fall on FX. A specific premiere date has not yet been announced.
