A Horror Story for Kathy Bates

The upcoming promises-to-be-less-violent third season of FX’s American Horror Story is gonna feature Jessica Lange once again, and it is gonna see the actress go toe to toe with...Kathy Bates.

Clash of the titans much!

Bates will play a friend-turned-enemy of Lange’s new character, a type of glamour cat leading lady per show mastermind Ryan Murphy.

The Misery star joins a cast that will include several of the anthology series’ regular players, like Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and Taissa Farmiga.

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