American Horror Story’s Lily Rabe left ‘staring at a wall for days’ after ‘really painful and spooky’ experience on set

AMERICAN Horror Story is currently filming its tenth season after a year of delays, but the dark subject matter can wreak havoc on its cast.

Lily Rabe, who has taken on all manner of roles in the Ryan Murphy anthology series over the years, has spoken about her experiences on set, including some encounters of supernatural proportions.

In a candid candid chat with Digital Spy, Rabe talked about her work in some of the show’s earlier series.

She said that playing Sister Mary Eunice in season 2, Asylum, proved to be the most taxing.

“There are certainly things that you go through on the show that are really painful, but that’s the gig, and that’s what’s so wonderful about it, too. It’s like, there’s no limit in the best way,” she began.

“Mary Eunice’s suicide was… But I wouldn’t trade it. I would do it all over again. It was really sad,” she went on.

Recounting her recovery process, she went on: “You sort of go home and stare at a wall for a few days.

“Although now I have kids, so I can’t do that. There’s no locking myself in a dark room to recover!”

Asylum proved to be one of the show’s darkest installments, with torture, demons and even aliens coming together in shocking scenes.

However, Rabe said that it was while filming season 3 that she felt the most connected to the otherworldly.

Remembering her time shooting in New Orleans, she admitted: “There were lots of [spooky encounters] – yeah, you feel things, and there’s a lot of magic in that city.

“All kinds of magic and energy, and the feeling that you might be in a room alone but you’re not necessarily the only one there. That definitely happened for a lot of us.”

The comments come after Rabe confirmed that season 10 production had kicked off last week.

However, when pressed to reveal clues about the upcoming season, the blonde remained tight lipped.

“I can’t, I know there are things that have already been said that I can just say again, but you already know them. And there’s nothing new that I can say,” she stressed.

“But I think it’s going to be – I know it’s going to be great. I’m really, really excited about it.”

The acclaimed anthology series has kept its social media followers on the edge of their seats with all manner of hints about the theme of the next series.

Last month, the account shared an image of a gaping mouth with razor sharp fangs, pale skin and red lipstick.

At the time fans took this as proof that the new episodes would either be about vampires or sirens – but those theories may need a rethink after a brand new poster was shared.

The latest shot shows a silhouetted woman with her face peeling off, exposing spiders scurrying across a cobweb underneath.

Her hands are clutched to her cheeks and a blood looks to be dripping down the centre of her lips.

It was playfully captioned: “You didn’t think that was it, did you?”

Show boss Ryan Murphy kickstarted speculation about the upcoming theme in September when he posted a picture of a set of fangs.

FX previously confirmed American Horror Story has been renewed through Season 13.

American Horror Story seasons 1-8 are available to stream on Netflix now.