“Dammer”
This is how Evan Peters became serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer
Leading actor Evan Peters fully embraced his “Dahmer” role.
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“Dahmer” lead actor Evan Peters used a few tricks and tricks to embody serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer as believably as possible.
The controversial serial killer series “Dahmer – Monster: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer” is one of the most successful originals on the Netflix streaming service. The show with Evan Peters (35) as serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (1960-1994) is the second most watched English-language Netflix series ever – and in this respect is only surpassed by the fourth season of “Stranger Things”. At a panel discussion for Netflix, the series participants came together around creator Ryan Murphy (56) and main actor Peters. Murphy revealed on the occasion that the lead actor prepared meticulously for his performance. Peters stayed in the role “for months” as “Variety” reports.
“Dahmer” actor Evan Peters wore lead weights to become Jeffrey Dahmer
During four months of pre-production and six months of filming, Peters wore lead weights around his arms and insoles in his shoes to match Dahmer’s “physicality”. Lead actor Peters explained: “[Dahmer] has a very straight back. He doesn’t move his arms when he runs, so I put weights around my arms to understand how that feels. I wore the character’s shoes with insoles, his jeans, his glasses, and had a cigarette in my hand at all times.”
Peters emphasized “those external things” while filming “Dahmer” so that the character became his “second nature”. Niecy Nash (52), who also plays in “Dahmer” and embodies Jeffrey Dahmer’s neighbor, said she was asked by acquaintances: “How’s Evan [Peters]?” to which she couldn’t respond because the series star stayed in character throughout filming. “I don’t know this man,” actress Nash joked according to “The Hollywood Reporter” during the panel discussion on the Netflix series.