How Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters, the only actors to appear in every American Horror Story season, kept their performances compelling

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“Even when the writing and plot twists on Cult didn’t necessarily make total sense, the performances by Paulson and Peters remained compelling because both of them are so committed to leaning hard into the show’s hairpin tonal and emotional turns,” says Jen Chaney. “In certain ways, their roles also felt like a full-circle landing point from where they started in season one.”