Grotesquerie cast members don’t know what’s going on at the FX show

Fans aren’t the only ones being kept in the dark Ryan Murphyhis new horror series Grotesquery — The cast has no idea what’s going on in the show.

During an exclusive interview with We weekly, Courtney B. Vance, Raven Goodwin and Nicholas Chavez they admitted they didn’t know much about Grotesquery despite being on the show themselves.

“I don’t know anything. I’m so excited to find out what happens,” Vance, 64, who plays Marshall, teased about the upcoming FX series. “It’s a very unique place. They literally make it up as they go.”

Vance recalled getting “three or four” scripts before they “stopped” coming to him. Goodwin, 32, meanwhile, enjoyed not having all the answers.

“Now I feel like I have to follow him — which I love,” said the actress, who plays Merritt. “I love this. I want to watch and be a fan of a show I’m on.”

Grotesquerywhich premieres Wednesday, September 25, follows Detective Lois Tryon (niece Nash) because she works with a local nun named Sister Megan (Micaela Diamond) to find out who is behind a series of heinous crimes in their community. Vance and Goodwin play Lois’ family, who are dealing with their own problems when the show begins.

“We are the background of the crime in a real sense because my (on-screen) wife handles all of that from there. You would think that when he comes home, (it would be for peace). It’s awful here,” Vance suggested. “She doesn’t rest.”

In fact, viewers can expect things to “get worse” before they get better for Lois.

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“It doesn’t get any better. Not progressing. They’re struggling and it’s the whole season where they’re trying to find themselves and trying to find each other,” Goodwin revealed. “Maybe in the second season we could do better.”

She continued: “The journey of joining a Ryan Murphy project from breaking down the character to finding her on set and bringing her vision to life is rewarding. It’s fun and interesting. They left it up to my interpretation and were open to how I saw it, which I liked. It was just a good collaborative and beautiful thing.”

At the center of the season is a criminal who seems to be taunting Lois. The story might intersect with Goodwin and Vance’s characters, but that doesn’t mean they know who’s behind the fictional murders — even after the show’s filming.

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“I didn’t see them. We don’t know who the killer is,” Vance admitted, while Goodwin added, “We don’t know who he or she is.”

Chavez, 25, experienced the same kind of surrounding mystery Grotesquery.

“Ryan Murphy’s world is shrouded in secrecy — even to us,” the actor said Us. “It’s part of a really fun world because we’re constantly surprised just like the audience is.”

Grotesquery premieres on FX on Wednesday, September 25 at 10:00 PM ET. New episodes air on Hulu the next day.