Kathy Bates:What is your magazine or…?
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Den of Geek: Its a website called Den of Geek.
I read you guys.
Yeah, I do.
Tell them to say nice things about me.
From this point on, always.
Im always interested to read what you guys say.
Thats great to hear.
I understand you were a fan of the first movie.
It was Billy Bob and Tony for the first.
I just want to hang out with those two guys.
I just love this movie so much.
I said, Absolutely.
Do we really have to do that?
As many times as Ive seen it, its just an unexpected pleasure.
Im looking through your filmography, and you havent really done this kind of raunchy pop in of comedy.
Nope, never, ever, ever.
I think Im going to horrify some people.
Especially being a character actor.
I loved getting in all that gear.
Now you and Billy Bob were inPrimary Colorstogether, but didnt have a lot of screen time together.
Did you run into each other over the years?
It was kind of weird, youre going to the front door, and I would say, Hi!
Ive always admired him.
We did grow up across the river from each other.
I remember seeing him somewhere, I dont know if it was an awards thing or something.
Because we came to it in our middle lives.
Its not that we were part of Hollywood while we were growing up.
Tony (Cox, who plays Willies partner in crime Marcus) is from the South too.
Is there something about being from the South together that creates a little more chemistry?
Yeah, and being Southerners, no ones a stranger.
I think theres an openness and familiarity, its sort of a short hand.
What do you think bringing Sunny into the picture added to theBad Santamythos?
This is probably more horrifying than you could ever imagine that his mother would be like this.
I hope it fits in and doesnt upset the apple cart with the chemistry with everything thats going on.
Hes a great safecracker.
She is using him.
I think shes toward the end of her life.
There was actually a big scene, which Im glad they took out, where it got too heavy.
Did you have a lot of input into her look?
Oh, Im going to claim credit for it (laughs).
Im taking credit for it though.
Do you find that theres a new generation of people who want to talk with you aboutAmerican Horror Story?
Im doing this new show calledDisjointed.
The kids that are in the ensemble with me are 20 years old.
Did you do a lot of research into the character of Thomasin this past season?
Yes, I did.
Theres a book, and I cant remember the name of the woman, calledSeasons of Misery.
She renamed it a chaos zone.
She talks about the horrors, really, that these people experienced on both sides.
It was very, very helpful to me.
Its going to be great!
because London was crowded at the time.
They wanted to get rid of a lot of undesirables.
They were people who didnt know how to raise crops.
They were really really thrown ashore.
They were there because they wanted to get the gold from the Spanish who were raiding up and down.
It was the worst place for them to land because of the shoals around North Carolina.
Yes, actually Madame LaLaurie was interesting to me.
I didnt realize this until after Id gotten the role, and I started to research her.
My great-great grandfather came from Dublin.
He was a doctor.
He landed in New Orleans in the 1830s, and he became the personal physician to Andrew Jackson.
Their plantations were right next to each other.
When I read that in the book, I was like, Holy crap!
I wonder if he knew LaLaurie, because he was there.
I think everything was revealed in a fire in 1834 at their house.
They found the slaves up in the slave quarters that were chained up, and tortured, and everything.
They were hiding this from everyone.
I thought, Oh wow, I wonder if my grandfather knew her.
Has Ryan Murphy (American Horror Storycreator and showrunner) said anything to you about season seven yet?
Oh no, but Ive had so much fun working with him.
I played Joan Blondell, one of the talking heads who tells the story of whats going on.
Ryan plays everything so close to the chest.
I love working with him.
Are you up for another season of AHS if he were to call?
Well, Im working now.
Im doing nineteen more episodes of that.
That starts in July, for Netflix.
If theres time in between I would love to come back forAmerican Horror Story.
I love working for him.
Bad Santa 2is out in theaters today (November 23).
