American Horror Story Season 4 Freak Show Spoilers on Michael Chiklis' Character

News broke several months ago that Michael Chiklis had joined the cast of American Horror Story: Freak Show, the fourth season of Ryan Murphy's twisted series. A new report offers some more details about The Shield star's role in Season 4.

The following comes from TVLine's weekly "Ask Ausiello" spoiler column:

"Franchise virgin Michael Chiklis will be playing 'a strong man who's married to Angela Bassett['s character],' exec producer Ryan Murphy told us at Thursday's Critics Choice Awards, where he was honored with the Louis XIII Genius Award. 'He has scenes with Angela and Jessica Lange and [onscreen ex] Kathy Bates. I love the part because it's really written to be quite vulnerable, which is something I think Michael does so well -  the strong man who's vulnerable. I'm very excited to see [him] tussle with all those great ladies. And he's really up for it, really excited about it'.'"

After last year's female-dominated Coven, it should be interesting to see Chiklis' character mix it up with the powerhouse female actresses on the show.

In related news, Bassett, who played Marie Laveau in Coven, recently teased her role in Season 4 to the "Spoiler Chat" column at E! Online:

"We're dying to discover more about Freak Show's terrifyingly twisted her characters. In fact, we caught up with star Angela Bassett to find out what's ahead for the fan favorite actress. 'It's going to be tough, tough, tough to surpass Marie Laveau, it really is. She was truly a special phenomenon,' the former voodoo queen gushed. 'All [Ryan] has told me is I'm not the bearded lady, but he said, 'Oh it's better! It's even better than that!' One hint that Bassett spilled to us about her next character? The powers-that-be at American Horror Story called and asked if the actress was afraid of heights! The actress revealed that she's up for absolutely anything except for one role: 'I hope I'm not the ticket taker!'"

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