Ever since the second season of American Horror Story, Sarah Paulson has been a big part of the franchise. However, she is not going to travel back to 1984 for the 9th season. No reason was given for her departure, but she is also working on a non-Ryan Murphy series for FX and one for him with Netflix. Therefore she might be too busy to star in another project at this time.
At least, it is not all bad news. Variety says she might do a cameo this season. Who won’t even be doing a cameo is Evan Peters. It has already been announced that he will not be part of this season at all. His ex Emma Roberts will be starring on the drama the season. Which makes me wonder if that is why he is not going to be part of it?