If you are a fan of American Horror Story: Asylum, the you were completely shocked by last week’s big reveal. The day after we found that Zachary Quinto was the murderous Bloody Face, I was on a conference call with him and he talked more about the character and what we can expect in the upcoming weeks starting with tonight’s episode on FX at 10p.
When did he know he was Bloody Face?:
Yes, I knew from the very beginning. It was part of the conversation that I had with Ryan [Murphy] about me coming back to the second installment of the show, in the first place. It very much informed the character that I was building from the beginning.
As a result, I felt like my responsibility became to create a character that people could trust, or at least trust initially, and have some hope that perhaps he is actually the one voice of reason and sanity within this chaotic world. So it was actually more exciting for me to know from the beginning. It gave me more to play with and more to hold back and more secrets to keep.
Does Bloody Face have a type of person he goes after?:
You’ll find out much more about that in the coming weeks, so I won’t spoil it by being too specific. But it all traces back to one source of trauma that then sort of branches out to include all of these unfortunate women.
Is that him or someone pretending to be Bloody Face in the present day sequences?:
Wouldn’t that be cool? Yes, you’ll find all that out; you’ll find all that out. Everything is going to—I’ve just read the next episode last night. It was pretty freaky and cool. I mean it’s really driving to a point very, very well. The storytelling structure of Asylum I think is really going to pay off in a really big way. So I think all of the questions that people have, and that the episodes that are airing right now are generating, will definitely be answered. That’s my instinct, at least, having read up through almost the end now.
So now that we know that there will be a third season for the miniseries, will he back? At this point it is too early in the game to know, but he is up for it if he is asked. I hope they ask him because I want to see what type of costume they will put him in for the third installment…
