Leslie Grossman could���ve been a sitcom mom.
The American Horror Story: Cult star joined ET for a Facebook Live chat on Wednesday, and spilled on the role that got away.
���I tested for Modern Family, and I did not get it and that was tough,��� she admits. ���They were lovely and they brought me back, and I guest starred on an episode.���
Grossman popped up in��the season five episode ���Three Dinners��� as Katie, a woman shocked by a surprise proposal from her boyfriend -- but originally, she read for the role of Claire, which ultimately went to Julie Bowen.
���Once you see it you go, well, that makes perfect sense,��� she admits. ���She's, obviously, phenomenal and fantastic. That was a show where I read the script and I was like, ���This is so good and so funny and so unique. Like, this is it. This is it.��� And I went through the whole casting process, and I made it to the final audition and it just didn't work out for me.���
���That was one of those times where I may have gotten in bed and pulled the covers over my head for just a few minutes,��� Grossman confesses. ���And then I rallied and moved on with my life. But, I've never said that out loud, but yes, it's Modern Family.���
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Grossman returned to our TVs this fall as Meadow Wilton, the Housewives-obsessed loner taken over by charismatic cult leader Kai Anderson on the seventh season of the FX hit. While Meadow was -- spoiler alert -- killed off mid-season, Grossman did return to the show this week as one of Charles Manson���s followers. Sadly for fans of the actress, that���ll be the last we see of her this season. She doesn���t appear in next Tuesday���s finale, though she does know what happens.
���It is so insane,��� she teases. ���Like, you know how each episode, I feel like, ramps up and ramps up and ramps up, and you're like, 'Well, it can't be crazier than..' It's crazier. The finale is insane, but in the best way -- and I think it's gonna be really satisfying for everybody that's stayed with it.���
American Horror Story: Cult wraps things up on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 10 p.m. ET on FX. For more from our chat with Grossman -- including how her co-star, Colton Haynes, liked to prank her week after week -- check out the video above. You can watch the whole interview below.
