Evan Peters had to "take some time off" after playing Jeffrey Dahmer. The 35-year-old actor stars as the notorious serial killer - who was convicted of murdering 17 men between 1978 and 1991 - in the Netflix series 'Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story', and he needed to decompress after throwing himself into such an intense role.
In a newly released conversation with his cast mates via Netflix, he said: "I've been fortunate enough to be able to take some time off and decompress. "I haven't worked since we shot this.
I tried to really shake it all off. " He joked he turned to 'Step Brothers' to "just change up the psyche", referring to the 2008 comedy starring his cast mate Richard Jenkins.
He added: "I put in so much negativity and darkness to portray the character that I thought, ‘OK, once this is done, all of that goes away and I have to get back into the light and start filling myself back up with comedies and romance and sorts of things like that. ' " The 'American Horror Story' star explained how he "worked with dialect coaches" and listened to a "45-minute audio composite" every day to help him "stay in the accent".
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