4 New Scream Queens Details That Will Only Make You More Excited

We know why Jamie Lee Curtis was cast — "She is the original scream queen," as Ryan Murphy asserted, but we didn't know that the show may not have happened without her. Murphy said that he's a huge fan of hers and has been trying to work with her for years. When Curtis met with him and executive producer Brad Falchuk about potentially starring, Murphy said they told her, "'If you don't do it, we're not going to do the show.'" Murphy said she took a day to think about it, and then said she was in.

Niecy Nash, whom we and everyone else has loved since Reno 911!, not only costars on Scream Queens, she's bringing some of her own comedy and improving where she can. Curtis said that Nash "says what they write and then says much more" — so much so that Curtis has to push a sharp object into her own hand to keep from laughing and ruining the takes.