Red Tide Star Breaks Her Silence On That Season 10 Premiere Twist

The Wrap writer Jennifer Maas opened her interview with Armstrong by asking about the "Pale People," or the soulless creatures non-creatives become after taking the black pills.

"Pale People, like real people, are much scarier than any other mythical creature could ever be," Armstrong said. "The Pale People are us, what's left of us when our dreams are taken away and there's nothing else to live for but to search and hunt to fill that emptiness inside of them. They become animals with an insatiable hunger to feed."

Alma herself ends up with an insatiable hunger — but whereas the Pale People are zombielike, Alma develops a thirst for blood as her price for improving faster at violin. Thus far, this has culminated in her mother Doris (Lily Rabe) catching her consuming a raw rabbit. However, Armstrong confirmed that to Alma, the exchange was worth it.

"For Alma, there's no compromise for greatness," she said. "Alma is not afraid to share with her parents her desire to be the best. As far as she is concerned, nothing will stand in her way in achieving that. I think the writers explored perceived worth, value and importance in a really interesting way."

Armstrong proposed, without spoiling the next episode, that if she were Doris, she would want to leave Provincetown immediately. Meanwhile, some fans have theorized that Doris will be the lynchpin to defeating the town's Pale People by contracting Lyme disease, rendering her blood inedible to the town's vampiric pill poppers.

Viewers will learn just what's in store for Alma when Episode 3 of "American Horror Story: Double Feature," titled "Thirst," premieres on September 1.