The “Scream Queens” cast might not want to get too comfortable on set – characters will be killed every week and it could be anyone!
Access Hollywood caught up with the cast and series creator Ryan Murphy at the show’s premiere on Monday night, where the TV mogul promised plenty of deadly fun on the Fox series he describes as “bubblegum, doused with blood.”
“There’s a reason to tune in every week, so you can watch one of these beautiful people get offed every week, some much earlier than you’d expect,” he said, referring to the cast which includes Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Nick Jonas, Skyler Samuels, Keke Paklmer, Nasim Pedrad, Abigail Breslin, Diego Boneta, Ariana Grande and Jamie Lee Curtis.
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Ryan revealed that none of the stars of the new series know who the killer is just yet.
“None of them have figured it out, which I’m so proud about, because I thought in the pilot it was so obvious who it is,” he said, explaining the audience will have to wait until the very last episode of the season to find out who is wreaking deadly havoc on the Kappa House. “Not until the last night do you find out, there are lots of twists and turns.”
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Lea, who plays Hester, told Access that she jumped at the chance to work with Ryan again after “Glee.”
“He just said, ‘Neck brace, Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis’ and ‘are you in?’ and I said, ‘100 percent!’ And that’s all it took,” she said.
Emma, who plays sorority president Chanel Oberlin, explained that her character might look pretty and glam, but warned that she’s got one nasty mouth on her.
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“She is totally ruthless, totally outrageous, but she looks great,” Emma told Access, “But, she probably says some of the worst insults I’ve ever heard, ever in my life!”
Like Ryan, Nick promised Access that the series will be filled with “a lot of twists and turns.”
“I was blown away,” the “Chains” singer said after learning of the project. “It’s an incredible concept and what’s even better is the way they executed it.”
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The two-hour season premiere of “Scream Queens” airs September 22 at 8/7c on Fox.
— Jesse Spero
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