American Horror Story: Freakshow is ongelofelijk goed op zoveel verschillende niveaus en eindelijk weer echt horror. Maar in deze TV serie speelt Angela Bassett de rol van Desiree Dupree een vrouw met drie tieten en een hele grote clitoris en dat verzin ik niet. De website Collider had een interview met deze dame en daar van kan je hier onder alvast een stukje lezen.

What's the process that turns you into Desiree? How does she get that third breast, and how long does it take to put on?

BASSETT: I go into my regular makeup artist and she applies the appliance to me. Then, I go over to the special effects trailer, where her husband makes sure the edges and everything blend seamlessly. From there, he and the other special effects gentlemen will begin to apply the paint. They spray it on. They'll start with the brown, and they'll go to red, yellow and green. It's amazing, these colors and undertones that they claim you possess. You're like, "Oh, those are weird colors." Then, he'll take a photograph of it to make sure that it appears as if it's my own, and based on that, he'll maybe go in and do some more painting.

What was your initial reaction, when you first tried on the prosthetic?

BASSETT: I was just glad it wasn't on my face. I'm claustrophobic. It's amazing. The initial appliance was extremely heavy. I think it was made of silicon. It started out fine, but after about hour number 12, it became hot and heavy. I believe it started sagging, and I was like, "What is the point of having three sagging breasts? This is not good." So, they reworked it and made it out of foam, which I was so pleased about because it's the difference of night and day. Still, after about 12 hours, you begin to sweat and itch, and you can't really provide relief because you can't get to yourself, you know? But, I'm scratching foam. It's much lighter and more bearable. I've grown accustomed.