Evan Peters has played an assortment of twisted characters in Ryan Murphy productions, from a cult leader to the ghost of a murderer, not to mention a serial killer-turned-hotelier.
But Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story called on the actor to plumb new depths of depravity to embody a creature not of the imagination, but of grim reality.
To portray the real-life serial killer, Peters channeled Dahmer’s distinctive Wisconsin accent and chillingly detached demeanor, going so far as to strap lead weights around his arms and pack weights into his shoes to capture Dahmer’s robotic physicality. DEADLINE: How did you get into the mindset so that you could play this character convincingly?
In some ways you’re really underplaying him. EVAN PETERS: It was really just doing as much research as I possibly could on the case, finding out the facts of the case, timelines, really digging into that.
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