'American Horror Story' Nominees Sarah Paulson & Finn Wittrock Talk 'Hotel' & Playing Dark For Ryan Murphy - Emmys

“He trusts his gut more than most actors do.” Finn Wittrock is talking about American Horror Story: Freak Show co-creator Ryan Murphy, who selected the actor to play the sociopath rich brat Dandy Mott after playing a dying AIDS patient in the HBO movie The Normal Heart. The roles couldn’t be different. Ask Wittrock, ‘How did Murphy know you could go dark?’, and the actor is dumbfounded. Murphy also had a similar instinct with actress Sarah Paulson, who started off playing…