‘American Horror Story: Hotel’ episode 3 reaction: Matt Bomer on Iris – Donovan relationship
One of the things that we enjoyed the most about Wednesday night’s new episode of “American Horror Story: Hotel” was seeing the complicated dynamic play out when it comes to Donovan and Iris. These are two people who don’t often show love between each other; as a matter of fact, he more or less told her that he wanted her dead, and she eventually decided that with him not interested in having her around, she wanted to take her own life.
However, here’s the twist: Donovan couldn’t bear to be alone in the world, even though he didn’t always share his emotional feelings. He chose to bring her back by infecting her in the virus, and of course this leads to the two characters likely spending some more time together in the future.
Speaking in a postmortem for this episode to The Hollywood Reporter, Bomer described the future dynamic between the two characters with the following message:
“Where this episode left off, you have to see more of what’s going to happen with him and Iris moving forward. There has to be a further resolution beyond where we left him in this state of extreme. The reunion and grieving that they’re in when we leave them opens more wounds. There will be future scenes with Iris and Donovan. One of the things I like about the show is it is a bit merciless in its portrayal of the darker side of humanity. And that’s what we all experience. You would think after a reunion like this, everything would just be a bed of roses, but that’s often not how life works. We’re sometimes the most cruel to the people who are the closest to us. And when things get really dire, we’re reminded of our love for these people. But once they’re back in our orbit again, oftentimes, we revert to our old habits of treating them in an inhumane way.”
We hope that these two do continue to get these scenes. They’re different than what exists the rest of the time with the show, and we appreciate that the show is willing to take on these subjects.
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