'American Horror Story: Coven' Cast at the Critics Association Tour

Four of the FX drama's leading ladies -- Sarah Paulson, Jessica Lange, Angela Bassett and Kathy Bates -- took the stage along with "American Horror Story: Coven" executive producer Tim Minear to reveal some Season 3 details, even though they're only two days into filming."

Lange revealed that the show moves "back and forth in time so it encompasses a lot of different stories," and that Fiona will be a witch. Minear noted that not all of the "American Horror Story: Coven" characters will be witches, despite the title.

"All these women are playing very iconic, very strong female characters," he added. "The cast is off-the-hook amazing. FX is often thought of as a boys' network, but if you look at this murderer's row of actresses, this is going to be the most friendly place for women on television this season, until we start doing that thing we do that's not friendly."

"American Horror Story" newcomers Bassett and Bates will both play historical figures. Bassett revealed she joins the show as New Orleans' 1800s Voodoo queen Marie Laveau, while Bates will play, as rumored, 1830s New Orleans socialite and serial killer Madame LaLaurie.

"It's been interesting being in New Orleans because there's such a regard and respect for who she was," Bassett noted of Marie Laveau. "She was a very influential person in the city. My character's based loosely on her … I read a novel by Robert Tallant called 'The Voodoo Queen' ... Very interesting. Yesterday, I was filming in the French Quarter, there's some Vodouns who showed me a few things, but I don't know if I need all that right now. I don't know exactly where it's going so I'm remaining open, just picking up little things ... talking to folk from [New Orleans] and getting a take on how they see her or what they feel about her, trying to sense who she was and her power in the 1800s as this black Creole woman."

Minear also revealed that it was Lange's idea to set Season 3 in New Orleans. "We talked about what we wanted to do this year, we talked about witches ... Jessica had talked about New Orleans, and it made sense to set this show there," he said. "We're taking this idea of Salem and those witches fleeing to the south at some point."

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