Chloe Sevigny Finalizing Role on American Horror Story Season 2

Read to meet one of the inmates at the American Horror Story asylum?

Earlier this month, Ryan Murphy confirmed that season two of the FX hit will be set on the East Coast, inside an mental institution at which Jessica Lange's character works.

Now, Entertainment Weekly reports that former Big Love star Chloe Sevigny is finalizing negotiations to join the drama as one the institutionalized, an enemy for Lange named Shelly the Nymphomaniac.

She would Lange, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and Lily Rabe - along with newcomers Adam Levine and Lizzie Brocheré - on season two. It's expected to premiere in October.

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