Remember the fifth season of AHS? Well, then you probably also recall Metz's role as Barbara Wiggles, unfortunately and un-politically correctly referred to as the Fat Lady. As she explained to Glamour last year, she thought the role would be her big break.
"In 2014 American Horror Story came up. I'd wanted the role of Ima [Barbara] Wiggles desperately, and after I got it, I thought, OK, awesome, this is a jumping board for my career! But when it wrapped, there was . . . nothing," she explained. "I almost moved back to Florida, but my mom said, 'You can either be miserable here and not pursue your dreams, or you can be miserable in LA and at least pursue what you want.' So I stayed . . . I am so grateful that I had such an amazing support system, but when I booked This Is Us, I had 81 cents in my bank account. I could cry right now just thinking about it."
