naomigrossman

It's just one of those things.

You can't hide that from wardrobe.

I will say I was EXTREMELY accident prone, especially this last season. There were 3 epic accidents.

The first was HORRIBLY embarrassing. I'm embarrassed to even tell you this story.

They were calling us to set, and I was in the little transportation-van to go to set, and I realized I'd forgotten my phone.

And NORMALLY, I wouldn't be so tethered to my iPhone - who cares? But when we work, it's 12 hour days. So for me to not have communication for 12 hours, that's a REALLY long time. And I'm sure plenty of other people can relate.

So i JUMPED out of the transportation van, and landed on my ankle.

And it was baddddd. And of course, I had to pretend it was "no big deal" because I didn't want them to write me out, the fact was I was completely lame. I COULD NOT WALK. I was actually out for a full week, and I played it off like it was nothing, but it was something. I almost broke my ankle, and it was because i was such an idiot - I couldn't go without my phone.

That was the first.

The second was when I could finally WALK again, I came back to work, and in the scene where we're all chopping up the cop in the Louisiana swamp... I got eaten alive by chiggers.

People from the South will know that these horrible little insects will leave your legs- like, I swear I was a wreck. And it didn't happen to anyone else!

THEY LOVED THE PEPPER! Nobody else got eaten by them! Just me! And at some point, I will follow up this with a photo tweet of my legs, and you will throw up in your mouth.

SO AWFUL. So I had to spend the rest of Louisiana wearing full-length dresses. I looked ridiculous. But I could not show my legs.

The third was when I was on-set, and it was a scene that Jessica did, where she basically shoved me and Salty, and because I'm a whole lot lighter than I look in the fatsuit, I actually went FLYING and basically scabbed my knee - hard. I got thrown to the ground, totally accidentally of course, and actually, she did break character a good 45 seconds later as I was correcting myself, and even asked "Are you okay" And I was like YES YES! Keep going! You're killing it in this scene!

But afterwards, I had this bloody knee, and I was thinking to myself I hope this scars so I have a scar for life, and can point it out as a memory of Jessica forever.

Anyway, needless to say, I had THE UGLIEST legs for Hollywood for that premiere.

Between the bloody knee, messed-up legs, and elephantitis ankle, I was a hot mess from knees down.

So those would be my bloopers. All off-screen thankfully. But that's not to say I don't have bloopers. I just don't let them happen when cameras are rolling.

I would love that. I mean, I can't imagine an actress that wouldn't like that. Except maybe Jessica Lange, and that's because she's had such an awesome career behind her- I don't blame her for wanting to see her grandkids once in a while! What grandma doesn't want to see her grandkids, haha?

But I don't have grandkids. So yea, I'd love that.

I think - the other actors on AHS get to play other characters, so why can't I? It would be an interesting move, to actually see my own face, and maybe even hair! That would be awesome!

I think they've done a really good job of wrapping up Pepper's story. So i personally don't feel like there are a bunch of loose ends to be tied up. Don't get me wrong- I could do Pepper FOREVER, and I think it would be hilarious to see her knock on the door and call out 'Housekeeping' at the hotel - but I think it would be time for me to do something new on AHS!

Hmmmm.

I have to say. For being sort've the..."class clown" on set... I would say I am not one to do bloopers. I know this specifically because I have a friend who's in post-production, he's one of the editors. And when they were putting together the blooper reel for one of our wrap parties, he said point-blank "You're not in this at all."

So that's the little overachiever in me - the little go-getter, Northwestern alum who doesn't do bloopers, haha!

But off-set, biggest blooper... gosh... I don't even KNOW!

I don't know. I think Pepper got her period once, like I don't know! Nothing that doesn't just happen in life.

That was - while we were shooting ASYLUM, my agent at the time said "You have this really fierce haircut, we should get some photos of you rocking it." Cuz the fact is - before that, I always had this very conservative bob, my entire life, and the show provided me a wig, so that I could continue my life, and not NEED to get new pictures necessarily, but this opened up a category for me as an actress - I could suddenly play a "punk rock chick" or a "Hare Krishna."

So that was basically my agent and I trying to get more work. With me having this new haircut, and all the roles it opened me up to.

It was really inspiring.

I mean, I'm surrounded onset by... so many consummate professionals, working at the top of their game. Everyone from MAJOR A-listers to Emmy-winning hair & makeup & wardrobe teams on these spectacular sets that basically belong in galleries.

It's really inspiring working around SO many people that are SO good at what they do, and they care so much for the end product.