Since Evan Peters became popular playing Tate Langdon in the first season of “American Horror Story”, the actor’s career is only on the rise, playing Quicksilver in the “X-Men” saga, crossing the Marvel Cinematic Universe in “Scarlet”. Witch and Vision ‘e winning the first Emmy Award of her career for her acclaimed work alongside Kate Winslet in ‘Mare of Easttown’. Besides, of course, becoming one of the pillars of ‘AHS’.
Peters’ future in “American Horror Story” is uncertain, as in the case of Sarah Paulson, who for now does not seem to be returning to the series. But that doesn’t mean she’ll stop working with Ryan Murphy, the co-creator of the horror anthology series, with whom she already has a list. their new collaboration, in this case for Netflix: ‘Dahmer’, a miniseries about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
Netflix shared the first look at Peters as Dahmer, the infamous psychopath nicknamed The Milwaukee Cannibal or The Milwaukee Butcher, who killed at least 17 males (adults and children) between 1978 and 1991. In the image we see the 35-year-old actor in half profile, alluding to his characterization as an American murderer. On the other hand, the platform has published a short and disturbing 8-second teaser in which we see a detail of the actor’s face while the camera presents us with his pupil. The preview confirms this the miniseries, formerly known as “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story”, will simply be titled “Dahmer”.
Joining Peters in the cast are Niecy Nash, Penelope Ann Miller, Shaun J. Brown, Colin Ford and Richard Jenkins. The limited series, which will contain 10 episodes, was created by Murphy together with his regular collaborator Ian Brennan and directed by Paris Barclay, Carl Franklin and Janet Mock. After receiving criticism for “glorifying” serial killers with fictions of him, Murphy made it clear. Dahmer’s story will be told from the perspective of his victims and the police. There is no release date for now.
The other Dahmer
In recent years, the true crime it is experiencing a real age of splendor, especially in streaming, with hundreds of docuseries and fiction that reconstruct the most gruesome events in history. In fact, it is not the first time that Jeffrey Dahmer’s story has been brought to the screen. In 2002, Jeremy Renner played the killer in the movie “Dahmer, the Butcher of Milwaukee”, while in 2017 “My Friend Dahmer” focused on the young version of the psychopath, portrayed by actor The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Ross Lynch, who curiously has always been physically compared to Evan Peters.
Source: E Cartelera
