Its the usual story: He doted on her devil spawn more than she thought he should.
But they appeared to make peace by the end.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did this happen?
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Did Ryan just call you?
This has been years in the making!CONNIE BRITTON:I know!
It was so very kind of unglamorous and matter of fact after all these years.
[Laughs] It was very unceremonious.
I heard they were doing this crossover and I was like, Oh!
This is the moment!
Weve been waiting for this moment!
I actually texted him and was like, When are we doing this?
And he was very slow to respond which is kind of unlike him.
Finally, it just kind of came.
Were you actually shooting in the house?
Or a set?Yes!
We were in the house!
Everything about it was just awesome.
But starting with going back to that house.
It really had been a very long time to be back in the actual house.
It felt very exciting and also kind of spooky.
So, it was really fun to see so many familiar faces.
Then, of course, Sarah Paulson directing was just a dream.
I was so blown away by her as a director.
I was just proud.
I was beaming the whole time.
How was it reuniting with Dylan?
Had you seen each other sinceAHS?We have.
Weve seen each other a few times but not a ton.
Every time Ive seen him Im always like, Oh my gosh!
It was just fun.
We were just grinning from ear to ear the whole time.
I just adore him and we have so much fun together and he makes me laugh like crazy.
It was really, really fun to be back in there together.
You havent played this role in seven years.
I got back together with Lou Eyrich, who was our costume designer.
She is the genius of geniuses and she of course is still doing it.
But I had such limited time to doAmerican Horror Story.
She came over and we actually did a fitting in my trailer.
Of course, she nailed it and remembered what we did that first season.
Its funny because as soon as you step into the clothes, thats always a big push forward.
Really what I had to do was figure out what happened in the last seven years.
Dylan and I were like, Wait, didnt we kind of end up as happy ghosts?
Not the way this episode is written so what happened?
What I inferred is that Bens relationship with Michael drove you two apart?I think so.
So that was always the idea that he had kind of brought the evil in.
[Laughs]
You had huge chunks of dialogue.
I had just gotten the script the day before or maybe that day.
I hadnt had any time with it at all.
A lot of the chunks of dialogue were written as voiceover and, if its voiceover, guess what?
You dont have to memorize it because nobodys seeing what youre doing.
Sarah had gotten a message to me saying, Were going to shoot all of it.
So luckily, we shot that part later in the day.
I sat there during our lunch break and learned that whole monologue.
Shes still got it!
So, I think that was the case.
Shes gonna live her best afterlife!
Did this return make you want to come back for another season ofAHS?It did.
I mean, I love it over there and I love those guys.
The only thing is, and Ive always said this to Ryan: Im way too scared.
I cant watch that show.
I have not seen any subsequent seasons and I barely could watch my own season.
I dont actually think Ive watched the entirety of my season.
That would be my only hesitation.
Youre shooting the Bravo seriesDirty Johnright now.
Tell me a little about this show.Its based on a series of articles that first appeared in theL.A.
Timeswritten by Chris Goffard, whos a great journalist and then he created the podcast.
But it really is very straightforward storytelling from these unusual and interesting characters that makes it so appealing.
Its a really tricky, complex scenario.
Its been a fun exploration for sure.
