American Horror Story: Hotel: Emma Roberts says her role is shocking

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Tim Stack
Tim Stack is a former senior writer atEntertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2019.
September 23, 2015 12:00 p.m. ET
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Emma Roberts is currently busy shooting the Fox comedyScream Queens, the subject of this week’s EW cover story, but that doesn’t mean she’s said goodbye toAmerican Horror Story.AHS andQueens co-creator Ryan Murphy had previously said that he was hoping Roberts would return for Hotel. Now, the actress says she knows what’s in store for her at the Hotel Cortez.

“I want to tell you so bad, because we went to dinner the other night, and he told me his idea,” says Roberts. “And it’s just everything you could dream of and more. Everything you could nightmare about and more. Granted, things over there are always changing, but I definitely want to go back to it. If it still stands, what Ryan told me, everyone’s in for a great shock.”

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