Cody Fern`s character Michael Langdon has emerged as the main driving force on American Horror Story Apocalypse, which is pretty dang impressive, considering just how many talented actors and rich characters there are on this show. But it`s not surprising when you consider the character`s backstory--as an unholy spawn destined to be the Antichrist, Langdon has naturally taken center stage on American Horror Story. He`s even been anointed as TV`s sexiest Antichrist--even if he did (maybe, possibly) bring about the end of the world. But is Michael Langdon really the Antichrist? Is he really the show`s villain? Is he even evil to begin with? Fern has some surprising things to say about that.Fern`s answer was definitive when we asked whether Langdon is a villain: `No! God, no,` although he understands why people see his character as villainous.`I find that really interesting, because everybody talks about, you know, `Michael Langdon, the son of Satan, so evil, etc.` and I would challenge people to look closer and ask themselves, `When have you seen Michael Langdon be villainous?`` He continued. `Like what has he actually done? Because in episodes 1, 2, and 3, obviously he`s done some horrible things, but by Langdon`s standards, he`s a catalyst. He doesn`t get his hands dirty--he tempts men and women to dirty deeds, and he brings out the darkest, most frightening, hidden desires in a human being.`Unsurprisingly for a story about the Antichrist and the apocalypse, AHS Season 8 has been overtly Biblical so far. Fern sees Langdon as `the serpent in the garden,` alluding to the Old Testament story traditionally interpreted as Satan posing as a snake in the Garden of Eden and tempting Adam and Eve to betray God. Fern doesn`t see it that way, though.`Before Christianity claimed the snake as this evil symbol, the snake has always been an image of regeneration and life,` he said. `The snake is the snake of infinity, it sheds its skin and becomes anew. And the snake in the Ga ...
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