Interview: 'American Horror Story' Evan Peters on Tate, season finale
PLAYING TATE Peters counts himself lucky for landing the part on ‘American Horror Story’ and was immediately intrigued by Tate. He said: ‘I thought the character was really cool because on the break down it said you never know if he’s gonna kiss or kill you. I’ve tried to make that sort of the spine of the character. It’s been a fun character to play.’ We talked about how a sociopathic monster can also seem vulnerable and sympathetic. Peters said: ‘I think what it is, is that they write him as a nice guy. A nice, sort of normal, charming guy who has feelings that can get hurt easily and he’s just sort of a very human character and he’s written that way. And then what happens is, they have that guy, kill people and do evil things. So that you sympathize with him and care about him and really feel for him and then at the same time his actions, they’re confusing, they’re conflicting because he’s doing the evil things – his demonic things… It's very well written. It’s really...