As far as the acting world is concerned, there is not a much tougher industry to break into considering the amount of people wanting to or just dreaming of doing it. However, the latest addition to the cast of American Horror Story may beg to differ – even if she only got in by virtue of her size.
20-year-old Indian Jyoti Amge, Guinness World Record-certified as the world’s smallest woman since turning 18 with a height of 62.8cm (2ft in backwards American money), is joining the cast of FX‘s popular horror anthology American Horror Story.
The upcoming 4th season of the show, to be known as American Horror Story: Freak Show, will see Amge – revealed by series co-creator Ryan Murphy – portraying a member of the titular attraction. Not exactly helping any stereotypes, but an acting break that she has believed to be after for over a year and happy to have received, making up for a lack of American acting experience by using her niche celebrity status.
In the role, Amge will be working frequently alongside lead actress Jessica Lange (In Secret), who portrays the manager of one of America’s last ‘freak show’ attractions in 1950’s Florida.
Murphy tweeted a behind-the-scenes photo of those two female cast members, captioning: “Jessica and our newest cast member Jyoti Amge… the world’s smallest woman.”
Also featuring returning cast members Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Emma Roberts, and newcomers Wes Bentley, Michael Chiklis, Patti LaBelle, Finn Wittrock, and John Carroll Lynch as the season’s main villain, FX will have high hopes (no pun intended) for their new season starting in October, and so will one of the world’s shortest people – will she be able to leave a lasting impression in her first major role?
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