Exclusive | Sarah Paulson all but confirms a The Bear return: So intimidated by the cast

Sarah Paulson is teasing fans of “The Bear” with a possible return to the hit series. Paulson hinted that she could once again step into the chaotic world of the Berzatto family as cousin Michelle while speaking to The Post about her new horror movie, “Hold Your Breath.”The movie, which dropped on Hulu Thursday, also stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who won his second Emmy just last month for his work on “The Bear.” Although Paulson appeared on the show’s second season in 2022, she met Moss-Bachrach when they filmed “Hold Your Breath.”“I only knew Ebon sort of socially from our New York theater days, most of us being in New York around the same time,” Paulson, 49, told The Post.“And then we hadn’t even done ‘The Bear’ yet.”“Hold Your Breath” was shot during the pandemic and was shut down “a couple of times,” according to Paulson, because of COVID and later delayed because of the Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strikes.

Thankfully for the actress, her prior professional relationship with Moss-Bachrach made her experience on “The Bear” a little less intimidating. “I was so excited when I got to go onto that set because I was such a massive fan of the show,” she said, “it was very comforting to me to be around someone that I had actually done something outside of ‘The Bear’ space with, who seemed more like a human being to me.”“Whereas all the cast members seemed like rockstars, and I felt very intimidated.So it was nice to have a familiar friend with Ebon.”“I’m intimidated all the time,” Paulson went on.

“Pretty much, in every environment.I’m feeling some version of that.

And I certainly did on that set for sure.Oh, my God.”“It’s like walking around going, ‘Oh my God! Oh my God!’ Every time I turned around, there was another one of those faces that I had been so dazzled by on that show.

I just couldn’t believe it.”When asked if she will be returning for Season 4 of the series, Paulso...