Warning:for this week's American Horror Story: Asylum episode, "I Am Anne Frank, Pt 2" follow. You've been warned...

It figures that the one seemingly trustworthy and decent character on American Horror Story: Asylum would turn out to be a nasty, psycho Ed Gein/Jeffrey Dahmer-style killer. Poor Lana made a horrible decision when she decided to get into Dr. Thredson's car; a psychiatrist who, up until this point, had only wanted to help her escape and return to her old life. During a conference call with the press today, I had a chance to talk to actor Zachary Quinto (Heroes, Star Trek) about portraying a monster like Bloody Face, the similarities to Sylar from Heroes and whether or not he'd be game for returning in a new role for the recently-announced Season 3.

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First off, what's going on with Lana? Why is Thredson set on slow-torturing her, whereas with his other victims it's just a quick kill (followed by skinning and beheading, of course). Well, Quinto says that there is definitely a reason for it. "Next week's show is called 'The Origins of Monstrosity', so it really dives into a lot of the roots of the characters," Quinto revealed. "A lot of things will become clearer, and probably even more disturbing in the next couple of weeks. [For Thredson] it all traces back to one source of trauma that then sort of branches out to include all of these unfortunate women."But what about Thredson's career as a psychiatrist? How much of it is a ruse? Because he clearly has tried to help some people during his time at Briarcliff. "I think he definitely believes in it," Quinto told me. "I think part of being a psychopath is an ability to dissociate from one reality and create another one completely. And I think he does that expertly. His level of medical training, intuition and instinct. I think he's very skilled and that's what allows him to get away with the things he does. I think he does believe in it, which is another layer of tragedy to the character. Which is that he could have been something else. He could have made a more significantly positive contribution, and he only re-channeled his traumas."The last time that audiences saw Quinto play a sinister killer was back on Heroes, as Sylar. "I think any time an actor revisits territory that they've been in before, it can be a source of trepidation," Quinto shared. "As it was for me. But part of the reason that I loved what this opportunity stood for was that I got to know going in and I really build something. With Heroes, that character was really built before I was ever attached to it. There were eight episodes of anticipation before built to it before anyone met Gabriel Gray on Heroes. I had no participation in that. So for me, this time, it was really exciting to go in having all the information and actually be a part of the process of creating the character. That to me was a difference, and that to me was something I thought made more sense.""And it also had a similar structure to the journey that I had on Heroes with the 'reveal', as they say," Quinto continued. "Which proved very effective in that scenario. That, and this is more rooted in character and relationship, and less rooted in peripheral elements like super powers. And it's not a six year commitment, like it could be with some other show. It's self-contained. So it's an immersion that I'm not going to be carrying on or repeating for an extended period of time."Some actors on certain series are kept in the dark about their character's secrets until they read the next script and find out they might be playing someone totally different than they thought. But not this time. Quinto knew going in that he was Bloody Face. "I knew from the very beginning," he said. "It was part of the conversation that I had with Ryan [Murphy, creator] about coming back for the second installment of the show in the first place. And it very much informed the character I was building from the beginning. As a result, I felt that my responsibility became to create a character who people could trust. Or at least trust initially. And perhaps hope is the once voice of reason amidst all the insanity in this chaotic world. So knowing ahead of time gave me more to play with. And more to hold back. More secrets to keep."With the news breaking this morning that American Horror Story would be coming back for a third round in 2013, the question was posed: Would Quinto come back for more? "I haven't had any conversations with Ryan about what he's thinking for the new season, so I have no idea," Quinto stated. "I know he has plans, and if they involve me I'm sure I'll have a call at some point. But I don know anything about it. I'm just focused on getting through the rest of this season."

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