Sarah Paulson Returning for 'American Horror Story: Hotel' 

Sarah Paulson Returning for 'American Horror Story: Hotel'

Playing the "baddest bad girl of them all," showrunner Ryan Murphy says.

Sarah Paulson is going to be all over FX next year.

"Sarah Paulson is checking into "Hotel." And this season, she's the baddest bad girl of them all.

since she had a bit role in season one. She has starred in three of its first four seasons and earned an Emmy nom for her lead role in 

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comes as a bit of a surprise given that she's also attached to star as prosecutor Marcia Clarkin Murphy and Brad Falchuk's

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 for as long as he'll have me," Paulson told

casting. "I have never felt so completely seen by another director or producer or person before in terms of his willingness time and time again to give me something to do that I didn't even think I was capable of doing. I don't know why in the world I'd want to go elsewhere when I'm getting the best deal in town. I absolutely want to do season five."

Starring Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Matt Bomer, Chloë Sevigny, Wes Bentley and Cheyenne Jackson, 

will be the first season of the series from Murphy and Falchuk without leading lady Jessica Lange.

mainstay Evan Peters, meanwhile, noted at PaleyFest that he wasn't sure if he'd be back for

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