American Horror Story: 10 Worst Characters
3. Edward Phillippe Mott
Evan Peters has had some of the best roles in American Horror Story’s history. Season 5’s James Marsh and Season 7’s Kai Anderson are contenders for two of the best the show has ever seen. However, sandwiched in between them was Season 6’s Edward Phillippe Mott.
It just feels so shoehorned in order to get Peters in the season somehow. Like all the Roanoke characters, Mott’s portrayal is split between two actors, but it’s Peters’ part that really left a bitter taste. The ‘true’ Mott, played by Elliott Ehlers, has a story that adds relatively little to the cacophony of narrative mess of Roanoke.
His death scene is fairly middle of the road for American Horror Story too, so there’s not much redemption there. Peters is convincing with aristocratic affectations, but the wig and powder clash horribly with the dark mood Roanoke tries to cultivate, with little justification for him standing out from the crowd so much.
His clear social anxiety could have made for an interesting storyline, but he’s hamstrung by a lack of screen time. More time would’ve allowed the show to develop his character, but less would’ve probably been fine with viewers too.