American Horror Stories: Why Evan Peters Wasn't In The First Episode
Evan Peters was originally set to make an appearance in the two-part American Horror Stories pilot, but this plan ultimately didn't come to fruition. After starring in eight seasons of American Horror Story, audiences assumed that the AHS veteran actor would partake in the spinoff, an episodic anthology series. This was, however, not meant to be for an understandable but frustrating reason.
Naturally, the emergence of an AHS spinoff could only call for the return of familiar settings and faces to establish ties to the mothership show. Thus, showrunner Ryan Murphy opted to set the first of the titular American Horror Stories at the iconic Murder House. The opening episode chronicles the slow decay of yet another ill-fated family as they make the forsaken house their, quite literal, forever home. Returning faces included Matt Bomer and Celia Finkelstein, who portray Michael Winslow and the ghost of Nurse Gladys, respectively.
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As per several inside accounts, Evan Peters initially agreed to join his former co-stars for the spinoff's debut outing in which he would've reprised his role as psychotic teen specter, Tate Langdon. Plans remained firmly in place up until the last minute; Peters' photo double, donning the iconic striped sweater and signature blond hair, was even spotted on location when filming began (via Twitter). Unfortunately, the American Horror Story favorite was forced to withdraw once it became apparent that the shooting schedule for Netflix's Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (in which Peters plays the title role) was too hectic to accommodate Ryan Murphy's initial plans for the actor.
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