Why is Evan Peters so good at playing crazy? The new trailer for Netflix’s limited series DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story showcases Peters’ extraordinary ability to get into truly psycho characters.
“I was very scared about all of the things that Dahmer did, and trying to commit to [playing this character] was absolutely going to be one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do in my life,” stated Peters in an interview with Netflix’s Queue. “It was so jaw-dropping that it all really happened. It felt important to be respectful to the victims and to the victims’ families to try to tell the story as authentically as we could.”
The 10-episode limited series also stars Richard Jenkins as Lionel Dahmer, Molly Ringwald as Shari Dahmer, Michael Learned as Catherine Dahmer, and Niecy Nash as Glenda Cleveland. Guest stars include Penelope Ann Miller, Michael Beach, Colby French, Shaun J. Brown, Mac Brandt, and Grant Harvey.
Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan created the series and serve as executive producers. Evan Peters, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, and Janet Mock also executive produce.
The limited series premieres on September 21, 2022.
The Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
Between 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer gruesomely took the lives of seventeen innocent victims. DAHMER – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a series that exposes these unconscionable crimes, centered around the underserved victims and their communities impacted by the systemic racism and institutional failures of the police that allowed one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
