Evan Peters stayed in character as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer \u0022for months.\u0022
The actor has opened up about playing the multiple murderer in Netflix series ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,’ revealing he “brought in a lot of darkness and negativity” and used physical props such as weights tied to his wrists and lifts in his shoes to perfect Dahmer’s movements.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.
Speaking during a Netflix panel discussion over the weekend, Peters added: “Doing the role, I wanted to give it 120% the whole way through, so I brought in a lot of darkness and negativity.” The actor added of his process: “He [Dahmer] has a very straight back. He doesn’t move his arms when he walks, so I put weights on my arms to see what that felt like. I wore the character shoes with lifts in them, his jeans, his glasses, I had a cigarette in my hand at all times.Article content
“I wanted all this stuff, these external things, to be second nature when we were shooting, so I watched a lot of footage and I also worked with a dialect coach to get down his voice. The way that he spoke, it was very distinct and he had a dialect.”tap here to see other videos from our teamAfter spending so many months focused on such a disturbing character, Peters revealed he was delighted to cast it off at the end of the shoot and enjoyed watching light-hearted movies with his family.
He explained: “It was just having that end goal in sight, knowing when we were going to wrap and finally being able to breathe and let it go and say, ‘Okay, now it’s time to bring in the joy and the lightness and watch comedies and romances and go back to St. Louis and see my family and friends and yeah, watch Step Brothers’.”
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