Who could possibly survive giving birth to the maybe-Antichrist in a house full of would-be baby-snatchers, both living and dead? Sadly, not Vivien.
In the end, it was too much: Ben had been such a small man; Hayden, a crazy, home-wrecking bitch. Poor Viv had eaten brains, fought with ghosts, been impregnated by a Rubber Man, visited the loony bin and after all that, died a deflated death in American Horror Story’s penultimate episode, “Birth.” (Read More…)
Last week came the revelation that Violet Harmon (Taissa Farmiga) had been dead for weeks. Now, AHS viewers know that her mother, Vivien (Connie Britton), has also died in their haunted house. The move to L.A. has not been great for Vivien who was not only raped by Tate dressed as Rubber Man, but also died while birthing her twins…only one of whom survived. EW talked to star Connie Britton about Vivien’s roller-coaster ride as well as what this means for Britton and Vivien’s presence for season 2. (Read More…)
Over the past 15 years, we’ve come to know actress Connie Britton through some of the the great TV shows —Spin City, Friday Night Lights and the latest, American Horror Story (season finale airs Wednesday, 10 p.m. FX) — she’s starred on. We thought it was a good time to find out what the off-screen Britton is all about:
On being labeled “Hot” at 44: “I’m just flattered and blown away by it,” says the Boston native. “Listen at this point my reaction is, ‘Oh, thank god.’”
Gym avoidance:
Hiking and swimming dominate Britton’s stay fit routine: “It is a hilarious part of my personal history that I taught aerobics back in the day when I was pounding the pavement in New York. Ever since then I don’t really need to ever step foot in a gym again.”
Kiss and Tell:
So, who’s the best kisser of her three TV paramours —Dylan McDermott, Kyle Chandler or Michael J. Fox.? “All three of them are amazing kissers in their own right. And I’ll leave it at that.” (Read More…)
Ordinarily, Connie Britton hates horror. In fact, she’s so scary-movie averse, she couldn’t get through a recent episode of her own show, American Horror Story, FX’s new psychosexual thriller from the creators of Glee and Nip/Tuck. “I started watching it at night, and I just couldn’t,” she says. “I had to turn it off. I’m such a baby.”
Yet Boston-born Britton was intrigued by the premise of the show, which is why she signed on despite her aversion to all things spooky: A troubled couple, Ben and Vivien Harmon, leave Boston with their teenage daughter to start over in sunny LA, after Vivien’s miscarriage and Ben’s indiscretion with a student. They find themselves in a restored mansion with a dark—make that very dark—history.
While working with writer and director Ryan Murphy was a draw for Britton because of his collaborative approach with actors and her admiration for his other projects (the aforementioned Glee and Nip/Tuck among them), the prospect of playing Vivien Harmon offered her the chance to take on the complete inverse of Friday Night Lights’ down-home Tami Taylor. “I was drawn to the psychological aspect of the story,” she says, “playing this character in the midst of a crumbling marriage who is now dealing with all sorts of problems living in this house.” (Read More…)
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