Jessica Lange reveals her one condition for returning to ‘AHS’ Season 13

Jessica Lange was willing to return to “American Horror Story” for Season 13 — but only if she got the chance to reprise all four of her previous characters from throughout the anthology series. Lange revealed the condition she gave series co-creator Ryan Murphy before signing on for another season during her appearance on “Live with Kelly and Mark” Tuesday, ahead of the premiere on FX Thursday. “Ryan Murphy talked me into coming back,” Lange, 77, said, according to Entertainment Weekly. “First, he talked to me about playing Constance [Langdon], which I think was his favorite character that I did, but I said, ‘I’ll come back if I can [play] all four characters.'” Jessica Lange revealed on “Live with Kelly and Mark” that her condition for returning to “AHS” Season 13 was being able to reprise all four of her previous characters. (Lange is pictured above on “Live.”) Live With Kelly and Mark “Ryan Murphy talked me into coming back,” Lange told “Live” co-host Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. Live With Kelly and Mark “Live” co-host Mark Consuelos then asked Lange, “The nun?” — referring to Sister Jude Martin, her character from Season 2, “Asylum.” “Yes, from our season, yes!” Lange replied. “But not in the habit. She’s in the later part of the season — she’s institutionalized herself — when she’s a patient there.” Consuelos, 55, appeared in Season 2 as Spivey, a patient at the psychiatric hospital. Lange (pictured above as Constance Langdon in Season 1, “Murder House”) said Murphy first talked to her about reprising the role. ©FX Networks/Courtesy:Everett Collection / Everett Collection Consuelos asked if Lange’s return to the series included her reprising her Season 2 character, Sister Jude Martin. (Lange is seen above as Sister Jude Martin alongside Zachary Quinto.) ©FX Networks/Courtesy:Everett Collection / Everett Collection Lange, for her part, first portrayed Constance Langdon in Season 1, “Murder House,” before returning as the character in a guest appearance in Season 8, “Apocalypse.” She also portrayed Fiona Goode, the “Supreme” witch, in Season 3, “Coven,” and Elsa Mars, a German expat and freak show manager, in Season 4, “Freak Show.” Lange also noted that Season 13 features plenty of familiar faces, saying, “Everybody is a returning character, pretty much.” Lange (pictured above in character) is also known for her portrayal of Fiona Goode, the “Supreme” witch, in Season 3, “American Horror Story: Coven.” ©FX Networks/Courtesy Everett Collection Lange later appeared in Season 4, “Freak Show,” as Elsa Mars, a German expat and freak show manager (seen above). ©FX Networks/Courtesy Everett Collection Want more celebrity and pop culture news? Start your day with Page Six Daily. Thanks for signing up! As for her own experience returning to the series, Lange said it was “great,” adding, “I like all four of those characters. It was fun to play them, and coming back, it was great to [play] them again.” The “King Kong” actress also teased that she may be taking on a fifth character this season, saying, “I threw in an extra that’s kind of a mystery character.” When “Live” co-host Kelly Ripa, 55, asked if the additional character could be a hint at a Season 14 return, Lange simply replied, “No!” Lange told Ripa and Consuelos that her experience returning to the series was “great.” (Lange is pictured above in Season 1, “Murder House,” alongside Evan Peters and Frances Conroy.) ©FX Networks/Courtesy:Everett Collection / Everett Collection Lange (seen above as Elsa Mars in Season 4, “Freak Show”) also teased that she may be taking on a fifth “mystery character” this season. ©FX Networks/Courtesy Everett Collection Murphy, 60, previously revealed in August that Lange’s condition for returning to the series was a musical number. “I just thought the number 13 was infused with so much in the horror genre, and I wanted to do a greatest hits season,” he said at the time. “I didn’t know what it was, but I knew that I could only do it with Jessica, so we had dinner and I pitched [it to] her and she said, ‘Great. 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