In an October 2014 interview with Collider, Lynch revealed that people he had previously worked with often didn't recognize him on set during the filming of Freak Show — and that's exactly how he liked it. For him, the role of Twisty had to be fully immersive in order for his performance to feel honest, and that meant going full Twisty during rehearsals.
"This is definitely outside-in kind of work," he said to Collider. "It doesn't work, if I'm rehearsing and haven't gotten into the costume, hair and make-up. The first thing I do is get into the costume. Oftentimes, in other circumstances, I wouldn't do that. If I'm going to rehearse, I don't necessarily rehearse in costume. But, I never do that for this. I never want to rehearse without being in costume. If I can avoid not being in make-up, I'll do that, too."
His commitment to the role definitely paid off. Not only did he scare viewers and leave his mark on AHS history, he also left many of his cast mates shaken, as well. In the same interview, he recounted a scene in which Jimmy (Evan Peters) is dismembering a police officer with the help of several other characters while Twisty just watches in the background. It turns out that despite the gruesome nature of the scene they were participating in, Twisty ended up disturbing the actors more than anything else.
"I can't remember who said it, but one of the actors standing there said, 'Man, you were really creeping me out,'" Lynch recalled. "I laughed and said, 'You were dismantling a cop's body with a bunch of other people, but the thing that's freaking you out is the clown, 50 feet away?!' That was wild."
