Ryan Murphy & Emma Roberts Talk Shooting Scream Queens with Vulture

Check out this really in depth interview with Ryan Murphy talking about Scream Queens. Emma Roberts joins as well. Thanks to Vulture for posting!

What was the inspiration for Scream Queens?
The true inspiration was Jamie Lee, because I grew up loving her so much. Brad and Ian and I were just talking about things that we were interested in and what we wanted to do and we sort of thought, “Wouldn’t it be great to do a slasher show that had a lot of comedy to it?” And I said, “Well, it would be, but I would never do it unless I could get Jamie Lee Curtis.” So I called her out of the blue and I said, “Would you come into my office?” And she did, and I pitched her the show. She was very quiet, said, “Sounds interesting,” and then I was sort of staring at the phone for a day. She said yes, so there we were. I wouldn’t have really done it without her because it’s a tribute to her in many ways. It’s always rare to meet your idols, and she was one and she did not disappoint.

So whose performance do you think is going to surprise us the most? Who will we see something really unexpected from?

[Emma Roberts comes up and throws her arm around Ryan Murphy, looking at him adoringly.]

Emma: What are we talking about?
Ryan: You! We’re talking about who is going to surprise people.
Emma: Am I surprising you?
Ryan: No, I knew you could do it. But I think they never surprise me … Well, I’m surprised by how funny they are. She makes me laugh.
Emma: None of us can keep a straight face. Literally, we’re on set and it’s like a serious scene and once we start doing it it’s like, “I can’t look at you. Stop looking at me.” None of us can look at each other because we’re all young girls and so close and it’s mayhem.

Read the rest of the interview over at Vulture.