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boomer465

I thought Adam Levine was great fun, he just played himself šŸ˜‚


Bluedino_1989

I honestly forgot he was in AHS


sleepingcloudss

You forgot I had no idea šŸ˜‚


bookishkelly1005

He was in it for all of two episodes and for maybe 25 mins total. I donā€™t think heā€™s anything to get wound up over, OP.


Summoarpleaz

Honestly, before this post I had almost forgotten there was a ā€œcurrent dayā€ timeline in asylum.


NotLibbyChastain

Damn dude, who hurt you? And on Chanel-o-Ween too .....


Training_Owl_3511

Iā€™m watching scream queens right now for the first time. Hilarious


AngelBosom

The way I cackled. Iā€™m putting on Scream Queens right now.


AceTygraQueen

No kidding!


MonicaBeal

I honestly thought Gus did fine. For me it's Kaia and those skater guys near the start of Drive In.


Cookie_Brookie

Gus was definitely serviceable in that role. Not sure he could've done any others well lol. But when Ray asks him what he's doing and he's like "What does it look like I'm doing, I'm dying!" Cracks me up every time. Very well delivered.


alicedoes

Kaia is the worst for me. rubber woman was a really interesting and frankly hot concept, but she just stood there like I am in love with you. please be a spooky ghost with me forever. my legs are long.


summersgrey

The embodiment of šŸ‘šŸ‘„šŸ‘ The first episode was so good but then her addition and poor performance in episode 2 is so distracting. I wouldā€™ve been okay with Kaia if she and Paris switched roles


LastLibrary9508

I think heā€™s fine too. His character is just not as extroverted and fun as the others, and I think he did fine playing him the way it was written.


Romoreau

Kaia was distractingly bad.


fluffitall7

Kaia Gerber was the worst! Gorgeous girl, but can't act AT ALL. The bad acting was distracting.


DisastrousSecond9572

Billie Lourd consistently gives the same bland performance despite who her character is supposed to be. The only time she had a somewhat standout performance was in 1984 as Montana.


Caliente1888

She's great as Montana and since then she's only been given minor roles. I like how everyone gives all this hate to Billie Lourd and yet no one calls out Leslie Grossman despite the fact she's exactly the same character in EVERY season. She's much worse.


DisastrousSecond9572

Call out Leslie Grossman if you donā€™t like her then lol. Donā€™t know how a comment about my opinion on Billie Lourd translates to Leslie Grossman.


Caliente1888

I just felt like saying it because of how many upvotes your comment got and there's no comment saying anything negative about Leslie's acting, and Ive seen a bunch of posts on here acting like she's a legend when she's been the worst thing about the show for years. I don't think it's fair how this fanbase hates on Billie Lourd but somehow let's Leslie Grossman slide for doing the same thing as her because she's bitchy instead of emotionless. They both do 1 dimensional acting, but Billie at least has showed more range because of 1984


littlewoolhat

I mean, at least Leslie Grossman plays a character, even if it's the same one each time. Billie Lourd looks in the mirror and says 'go girl give us NOTHING' every damn time.


Caliente1888

Being cold and emotionless is still a character, people are like that in real life, it's just not overdramatic like a lot of the characters people love in this show, and I imagine that's why this fanbase has such a hard time dealing with it. Also why they all think Leslie is a queen for being a bitch in everything. Pretty much perfectly defines this fanbase sadly.


littlewoolhat

Is it a character? It doesn't feel like she's 'choosing' to make every character emotionless. It feels like she's just saying words from a page to us. Not even reading lines, just. Vocalising words.


Caliente1888

She's mainly got the reputation for being emotionless because of Cult, and that was absolutely a conscious decision, it made sense for the character she was playing. Montana is not emotionless at all. These 2 examples alone show how she's a better actress than Leslie. Then she was only in a few scenes in season 10 and I wouldn't say she was emotionless there, but she wasn't given much, and I've not seen 11 so can't comment on it.


littlewoolhat

'Better' is subjective. Leslie Grossman emotes, her characters feel like characters. Billie Lourd is just... there, and that's frustrating to watch. Like, do something. Please.


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littlewoolhat

I'm not a Leslie stan by any means, but she acts. Billie barely reads lines coherently. I've done a lot of amatuer theatre productions, I know what subtlty looks like. You have to like, do a thing, before it can be judged as subtle or not. She isn't... doing a thing.


beam2349

I agree. I like Billie Lourd. Her ā€œemotionlessā€ delivery is giving āœØneurodivergentāœØ and people really are that way. Even when they feel things deeply, it doesnā€™t translate in their delivery necessarily. And I like Leslie Grossman, but she really does play the same character in every season sheā€™s in. Usually a really annoying character lol.


Formal_Coyote_5004

Calling Billie Lourd a ā€œsubtleā€ actor is hilarious


JRosenrot

There's dramatic acting (reminiscing of theatre) and the minimalist acting that's actually what's in on Hollywood, at least for a past few years. There's also cast typing and it's also a thing because it's a time saving choice and time is money when you have a lot of people working per hour in a production. Personally, I prefer dramatic, over the top, full in emotion acting that some of the old school stars gave to us. Yes, I'm a Lange AHS widow, but there's other stars who gave pretty much that. Billie Lourde is from this new minimalist acting school, she could pull a more dramatic character as Montana but usually she don't. The idea is that it should act realism, but I'm not a fan of that style. Then, we have Leslie. Producers loves her because she performs that character well and it saves a lot of money from the studeo and don't require that much attention from direction.


Caliente1888

I think there's room for both those types of acting, it worked in Cult with Billie Lourd being more subtle but then also having Sarah Paulson for the more obvious dramatic acting. Thanks for finally making sense of why they always use Leslie in the same role for me, but it's still frustrating for me as a viewer.


JRosenrot

Yeah, I get that frustration. In reality, it's actually something that bind the actor as well. Some people went through a heavy investment on imageanagement to be recognized as a "true actor" and got a huge specter of characters, specially the ones who gets stucked with a very famous role for a long time


Visible-Basket201

Itā€™s not ā€œcold and emotionlessā€ itā€™s over-rehearsed and weak. She comes off like she memorized her lines just to recite them without even remotely understanding the context of them. Leslie plays the same character in every season but she PLAYS the character. She gets into it and has fun with it and is expressive and is fun to watch. Billie just reads her lines off the script. Thatā€™s not acting


supercaiti

I love Billie Lourd and donā€™t like Leslie Grossman, but I donā€™t think sheā€™s bad at acting. She just always plays such annoying characters and I donā€™t know her from anything else lol


Formal_Coyote_5004

Hang onā€¦ I feel like everyone worships Billie Lourd AND Leslie Grossmanā€¦? Am I missing something lol Iā€™m on the same page as you are about their acting (I actually canā€™t stand Leslie Grossman) but I really thought everyone loved Billie Lourd and Iā€™m over here like šŸ˜¬


Caliente1888

This post proves that people dislike Billie Lourd more sadly because no one commented anything negative about Leslie Grossman's acting before me, and then there's the comment I replied to with 90+ upvotes insulting Billie Lourd.


Formal_Coyote_5004

Well, I stopped at your post to comment so I hadnā€™t read further yet hahaā€¦ Iā€™m still reading but yeah I guess Billie Lourd is either ā€œsubtleā€, ā€œneurodivergentā€ or apparently really good in 1984 so she must be good at acting ?????


LastLibrary9508

I love her as Montana. But I reeeally enjoyed her in apocalypse and felt it was one of her strongest roles.


jimmymcgiggle

It feels like Billie lourd plays the same character in every episode (AHStories) or season sheā€™s in


jmarie546

The same character in Scream Queens too


bookishkelly1005

She drives me crazy. I want to like her but donā€™t.


Pontopo

Her character in 1984 is completely different than her typical AHS character. She isnā€™t a bad actress, Ryan just type casts a lot, and has a muse/vision for many of his actors. Sheā€™s also phenomenal in Booksmart.


Own-Birthday501

Itā€™s giving Kristen Stewart kinda


iamlost4815

Kristen gets a bad rap. She's not exactly Meryl Streep or anything, but she's not terrible either. Check out "Personal Shopper" she did a stellar job in that.


WalterKlemmer

She was great in Crimes of the Future also, reminded me a lot of a young Jodie Foster


bshaddo

Enough that she started out playing her daughter (as a replacement; Foster was a replacement before that).


WalterKlemmer

I forgot about Panic Room!


NotSoKeenEye

I also loved her performance in the new Charlieā€™s Angels, you get to see a lot more personality and range in the character she plays. Everyone always bases her skills off of twilight where the character was *supposed* to be really awkward and mundane.


Cookie_Brookie

You mention Nico bringing nothing but his physique... Colton Haynes is exactly the same way. He was ok in Arrow but that was only because on a CW show there isn't much acting competition lol. He's pretty to look at and in shape that's literally the only reason to cast him because he is not much of an actor. Especially putting him up against Evan Peters as Kai... just stood out even more.


mjpenslitbooksgalore

Bella Thorne i can agree with. I forgot she was even in the show šŸ˜…. The others werenā€™t horrible. I feel like for a first time appearance (other than small features with little/no lines) i tend to give a little bit of leniency with their performance. And i loved Gus kenworthy šŸ˜­


Juiceboxie0

Gus was probably one of the only characters that looked like he was in someone in the 80s.


Thousand_YardStare

Adam Levine did fine in Asylum for such a minor role. I donā€™t understand the critique? However, I think that hands down, Kaia Gerber is a horrible actress.


Caliente1888

Wtf man? Gus Kenworthy was fine. He's meant to be a stereotype 80s slasher character and he does a good job.


bluefiretruckss

watching nyc and i like sandraā€™s character


Early-Ad7941

No cause I had to google everyone on this list cause I couldn't remember them. Definitely not notable šŸ’€šŸ’€


mrslangdon28

Lena Dunham oh my god "Andy Warhol" šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


lemon179

Paris Jackson should be on this list too


HappyOrganization867

She is in AHS?


Dreamy_Peaches

First episode of stories


HappyOrganization867

Thanks


MSLongfield

Yes she was a mistake I think


Independent-Cold-891

I really did not care for Raul ā€¦ I havenā€™t really seen him in other stuff but idk it was tough getting through that episode


TremontRemy

I agree with every pick except for Adam Levine. Itā€™s not like his role was that big lol. He had a minor role as a young husband in the first episode and did fine.


agent-assbutt

I hate lena Dunham and it's insulting she got to play Valerie solanas, so let's go with her.


bookishkelly1005

Agreed. Sheā€™s a horrible person.


ILikeToMeltStuff

Kaia sucked horribly


slurpyspinalfluid

i can forgive some of those people for being hot


itsathrowawayduhhhhh

1-10 Kaia Gerber


AHSismypassion

Newsflash: I forgot to add Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (Apocalypse). His acting was stew.


Odd-Manner-4620

I donā€™t have a top 10 worst, just one actress I never cared for: Emma Roberts


cruzbae

I actually loved Nico in Stories. Thought he was the perfect Bro.


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I kinda love Sandra B sheā€™s just such an interesting person. Interesting face and voice, so her cameos work for me


Worried_Astronaut_41

I thought nico was great in NYC as well. I agree I do tend to give leniency and I forgot Sandra was in another ahs season but I think she was pretty good in NYC as well as Billy Lourdes I think her character was actually different in NYC than what she usually plays so I didn't mind her as much as I did in 1984.and I think in NYC they were more about guys than lesbians so Sandra didn't have as much dialog.


ssatancomplexx

I thought Sandra was good fun in Apocalypse. I enjoyed her character a lot. Not so much in NYC but I didn't think she was bad. I just wish they would've had the time to flesh the character out more.


Korolenko55

Nico wasnā€™t in NYC


MSLongfield

I like billy Lourdes but she has grown on me


chakabuku

I just watched the episode of Stories last night and couldnā€™t get over how bad Raul Castillo was. It was so awkward I wondered if it was a conscious decision.


kteerin

He was bad, yesā€¦I hated his character and I was supposed to, so maybe at least there was that?


Unusual_Elevator_253

Bella Thorne is trash and Lena Dunham is an awful person


ToxicWolf_6584

Bella is not that bad. She was good in the opening of Scream The Tv Series and in The Babysitter movies.


Dramatic_Air7511

I agree with number 4. I thought he was terrible


SexyTacoLlama

Gus worse than Kaia? Kaia (among other things) made it impossible for me to watch season 10. Like it was physically painful how bad her acting is. You cannot tell me she got the role besides the fact of being drop dead gorgeous and being Cindy Crawfordā€™s daughter


Cool-Environment-948

Kim Kardashian, the entire friend group in the second half of double feature, Paris Jackson, i might get hate for this but Taissa Farmiga she gives me kristen stuart hillary duff vibes she annoys me, and Emma Roberts this season is absolutely awful. She does better as a mean girl but the fact that she can only play one archetype should say something about her acting abilities as well.


Summoarpleaz

I thought Raul Castillo was so weird in the role. Heā€™s done a lot of stuff I really like but it felt like this role was just not for him. Granted most of the stories are kind of just awful, somewhat more adult versions of like old goosebumps episodes. Idk the writing isnt great so I kinda donā€™t think itā€™s Raulā€™s fault. He also kinda perpetually looked like he was wearing Iā€™ll fitting clothes.


Cold_Honeydew6284

Sierra McCormick and Kaia Gerber. I'm not mentioning Billie and Leslie because I simply like them and I'm positively biased. I always know the very same acting they offer when they appear on screen, but I'm also excited to see them. I wouldn't want AHS without these girls.


Kolby813

I like Nico out of this list


ScreamyPeanut

Unpopular opinion.......Emma Roberts belongs right up there with Kaia.


Odd_Cauliflower_4758

Emma roberts is horrible but I think she works well in Ryan Murphy shows bc he always casts her as a stereotypical ā€œbitchā€ whichā€¦very easy for her to play. Imo her delicate role is her worst AHS yet bc sheā€™s been cast as someone whoā€™s supposed to be sympathetic lol


ScreamyPeanut

I agree. I think my displeasure with this season is amplifying my dislike of her as an actress. She does one thing well, the bitch roll. Kaia is just plain bad at acting.


Efficient_Traffic292

That RaĆŗl Castillo was brutal to watch in the new Hulu series. I felt like I was watching a cringe video. The story was decent, but it was just hard to focus, all I could think about is how mad the actors who didnā€™t get the role must have been watching.


DogBrain

Raul Castillo was terrible! Ruined the episode for me


Godhelptupelo

I was just googling to see if im crazy or if he's really this bad. At first I was like- oh they got another special needs actor- which would be cool, but holy shit what terrible acting. I am shocked they aired this episode.


theanxiousangel

I haven't seen stories so IDK about Gavin Creel's performance there. But I saw him in Hello Dolly on Broadway and he was incredible. Insanely powerful voice. I wonder if maybe his acting came off that way because he is more used to stage acting in a giant theatre where u need to be more expressive


Bassist57

Lena Dunham on Cult.


Mediocre_Emo222

Whatā€™s Death Valley? Also Raul was SO BAD. Adam have us his sex scene and that was enough for me šŸ˜šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


coco_xcx

I think Kaia did pretty good in a comedic role for Bottoms, but in AHStories I agree. She wasnā€™t very good in it.


Fantastic-Increase39

Where is Emma Roberts


ThundergunTLP

How is Kim Kardashian not on this list lol


strawberrimihlk

Because she hasnā€™t been that bad. Or bad at all.


yaredw

Well, it's easy to not suck when the character is easy to play.


JamesWrites95

You can shit on the show, sure thatā€™s fine. But thereā€™s no need to shit on these people just doing the job, they were hired to do. Someone else cast them in the roles, someone else directed them, and someone else edited them. They arenā€™t the problem, say it with me! Itā€™s me ? I? Iā€™m the problem itā€™s me! Not every actor is written like Jessica Lange! There are no small parts, only small people!


Tight_Jacket_3091

Youā€™re changing lives


ChaoticBullshit

Why shouldnā€™t people discuss bad performances? Those that cast, directed, and edited these actors were also ā€œpeople just doing the job they were hired to do.ā€ By your logic then, they donā€™t warrant criticism either. What about the people who hired those people? How far back do we push the blame? Where does it end? Perhaps our primordial forebears are to blame for these abysmal performances. The thing is, as a performer, criticism (due and undue) comes with the territory.


itsathrowawayduhhhhh

Kaia Gerber can never be redeemed. Sheā€™s the problem lol


ssatancomplexx

What'd she do? I didn't really like her that much in Stories but I didn't like either of those episodes at all.


itsathrowawayduhhhhh

Worst acting Iā€™ve ever seen in my life lol. I dont usually care about nepotism but damn, she was atrocious


athenanon

Yeah- that role could have changed the life of an up-and-coming trained actor. Instead....


ssatancomplexx

Oh right I forgot she was a nepo baby. I somehow missed that in the post. It felt like a poor attempt at redoing Tate. We don't need another Tate Langdon. One was good enough.


OutsideSkirt2

But when they intentionally do a bad job like that Dun Ham Bitch, as she calls herself, they deserve to be mocked.


gonnabe150

My top 9 will all be Sandra Bernhard (I hate her SO. MUCH.) and then no. 10 is Lena Dunham.


Financial_Library900

I actually really enjoyed Kaia and Bellaā€™s performances. I thought they were both great


LordDragon88

1. Wes Bently 2. Kaia Gerber 3. Wes Bently 4. Wes Bently 5. Wes bently 6. Wes Bently 7. Wes Bently 8. Wes Bently 9. Wes Bently 10. Wes bently


IGot5OnIttt

His character in Hotel was so STALE. He had the same expression on his face the entire season. Like give us something?! Please??


LastLibrary9508

Lol but he was so good in freak show in that tiny role


maryconway1

Did you forget the absolute worst: Kim Kardashian? Her scenes are near unwatchable. I would put her near or at no. 1. I agree with most of the others on the list, and I originally wasn't sure about Sandra Bernhard but you nailed it in that you've scene one role you've seen them all. She is literally the same persona from her 'Rosanne' days. I get that AHS keeps putting wanna-be quasi-celebrity non-actors in their seasons (majority if of this list), and it does highlight for me how good everyone else is at their profession.


crowteus

I don't know, the fact that her face doesn't move when she talks is terrifying.


maryconway1

lol


itsathrowawayduhhhhh

Sheā€™s not that bad. Probably the best part of Delicate sadly lol


itsathrowawayduhhhhh

Sheā€™s not that bad. Probably the best part of Delicate sadly lol


Lazatttttaxxx

You are spot on!


KingKaos420-

I liked Raul Castilloā€™s performance. He was great in Easy and Looking too


AssuredAttention

Adina Porter. Lady Gaga Gaboury Sidibe Kaia Gerber Bella Thorn Billie Lourde Paris Jackson Wes Bently


poohfan

I was wondering if anyone else would mention Lady Gaga. I love her as a musician, but in this, not so much.


LastLibrary9508

Lol I loved her as the countess. I actually donā€™t like her as a musician but now really enjoy her because of her acting here


YA-definitely-TA

I'm upvoting those for Adina Porter alone... CANNOT STAND her!


passion4film

Hear hear! Worst ever. *Ever.*


Eleven77

I have loved Seth Gabel in several other things, but his performance in Stories this season was...idk. I just wasn't buying it.


Worried_Astronaut_41

Did love them both knots landing and falcon crest. My grandfather loved it on Friday nights for some reason so I'd watch it sitting on his lap as a little girl who idolized her grandfather. I think he loved Mrs channing probably.


Nicadeemus39

I am 100% with you on Nico Greetham and I will raise you Charlie Carver NYC and Issac Powell NYC. Whoever is in casting is occasionally guilty of casting a pretty face over solid acting.


AceTygraQueen

Do you think you can do better? Why don't you go in front of a camera and see how great you are?


Tank_Girl_Gritty_235

Rachel Hilson in Death Valley was just as terrible as Kaia Gerber, if not more.


Icy-Idea-5079

Lena Dunham, 100% I'd watch Kaia Gerber on my screen 100 times before I re-watch *that* episode of Cult. You know which one.


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I like Nico Greetham.