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Jeffrey Dahmer's beingness is erstwhile again getting the Hollywood treatment.
Evan Peters is the latest histrion to play the infamous serial killer, taking connected the relation successful the Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. On Sept. 15, the streamer released its archetypal authoritative teaser from the series, of Peters arsenic the murderer, giving viewers a glimpse of the American Horror Story alum's transformation.
Niecy Nash-Betts, Richard Jenkins, Penelope Ann Miller, Shaun J. Brown and Colin Ford round retired the cast.
Dahmer, who was labeled the Milwaukee Cannibal for killing and dismembering astir 20 men and boys implicit a decennary period, was captured successful 1991 and aboriginal sentenced to 16 beingness situation terms.
While Dahmer's beingness and crimes person been revisited successful galore TV shows and films, including Ross Lynch's portrayal of the serial slayer successful the 2017 movie My Friend Dahmer, Peters said Monster, which reunites him with frequent collaborator Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, volition beryllium worthy a ticker arsenic it volition spot him enactment his ain twist connected the well-known figure.
"You tin person each the backstory you want, but astatine the extremity of the time we're not making a documentary," helium told Variety in April 2021. "It's much astir maintaining the thought and the done enactment of wherefore you're telling the communicative and ever having that arsenic your guiding light."
However, don't expect this to beryllium a existent transgression documentary, arsenic Peters noted that Monster is focusing connected much than conscionable the facts. "It's astir a country by scene, occurrence by episode, infinitesimal by infinitesimal basis," helium added, "deciding, 'OK yea helium did that determination successful existent life' oregon 'No helium didn't bash that there, but that's OK due to the fact that it works for the communicative we're trying to tell.'"
As for wherefore Peters was truthful funny successful taking connected this role, helium credited his sister for introducing him to fearfulness and true crime shows arsenic a kid. "I similar to ticker scary worldly and acheronian stuff," helium said. "I americium obsessed with drama and emotion it and crave it and request it too, but determination is thing fascinating astir watching that stuff."
While we hold connected Monster's premiere date, you tin cheque retired these different true transgression dramas successful the meantime!
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