Lady Gaga has spoken about her forthcoming acting debut, saying it will revolve around themes of addiction.
The pop icon is due to appear in the fifth instalment of FX anthology series, American Horror Story: Hotel, as a bloodthirsty hotel owner called The Countess. She revealed some details ahead of the show.
“There is a journey for my character in particular through haemophilia and her need to drink blood to survive and to stay young,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “That’s entwined with other stories about a need for sex, a need for freedom, a need for drugs, a need for attention, a need to survive.”
Gaga added: “What’s interesting about this season is that you see the dichotomy of the two worlds: you have the hotel world, which feels decidedly like the Ryan Murphy world, and then you have the outside world. It’s addiction as the public sees it, versus how it really is, and how that all plays into each other.”
Other members of the team have talked about Gaga’s presence on the show and how it has given the series a shot of energy. Talking about the relationship between Gaga and producer Ryan Murphy, Finn Wittrock, who plays an up-and-coming male model, said: “Ryan is obsessed with Gaga, so that helps. She’s just basically his muse. They text all the time. They’re always talking and exchanging emails and her ideas, so he’s definitely reinvigorated.”
Gaga returned the compliment, calling Murphy an “extreme visionary” who “creates scenes and moments that are constantly making you question good and evil.”
- American Horror Story: Hotel is set to premiere on Friday 7 October 2015.
