Lady Gaga is playing the character of hotel owner Elizabeth on American Horror Story: Hotel, the upcoming fifth season of the series — and in her first week of filming, the cast and crew are already strongly praising her work. Show creator Ryan Murphy, as well as co-stars Kathy Bates and Matt Bomer, shared their thoughts about her role with some teasers on Twitter.
Lady Gaga’s ‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ Character Details Revealed
Calling her “lovely, a total pro, and TERRIFYINGLY GENIUS in her role,” Murphy revealed that he’s been thrilled with Gaga’s performance thus far.
Lady Gaga is everything I dreamed of and more. Lovely, a total pro, and TERRIFYINGLY GENIUS in her role.
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) August 13, 2015
Bates, who plays Iris — the character who runs the hotel — also recently tweeted about Gaga, saying that “she rocked it” on her first day on set and that “the Countess scared the crap out of Iris!”
My first day shooting @AHSFX: Hotel with the sublime @ladygaga. Let’s just say she rocked it. The Countess scared the crap out of Iris!
— Kathy Bates (@MsKathyBates) August 12, 2015
Meanwhile, Bomer — who is playing Donovan, Iris’ son — added that Gaga is “genius, sexy, terrifying” in her role.
@ladygaga is killing the game on @AHSFX! Genius, sexy, terrifying. Total pro and beautiful soul to boot. So much fun comin yo way! #inspired
— Matt Bomer (@MattBomer) August 13, 2015
Earlier in the week, Gaga gushed about the start of her AHS experience herself, tweeting, “Thoughts on first day shooting for AHS? I say, I’ve died and gone to my personal heaven.”
“She is a very wealthy social doyenne who is consumed with art, fashion and people, and she has a nefarious plan that is revealed in the first episode that plays out over the season,” Murphy previously said about Gaga’s Hotel character.
American Horror Story: Hotel premieres on Oct. 7 on FX.