Evan Peters reveals he went ‘method’ to play Jeffrey Dahmer in the new Netflix series

Netflix has a huge hit on their hands in the miniseries Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, with Evan Peters opening up on what it took to play the serial killer.

The 35-year-old actor appeared during a Q&A panel for the series where he opened up about playing Dahmer, who murdered 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991.

Peters revealed he spent months preparing for the role including creating an audio composite to get his voice down.

Method: Netflix has a huge hit on their hands in the miniseries Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, with Evan Peters opening up on what it took to play the serial killer

Q&A: The 35-year-old actor appeared during a Q&A panel for the series where he opened up about playing Dahmer, who murdered 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991

Peters revealed during the Q&A the role involved, ‘four months of prep, six months of shooting.’

‘He 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,’ Peters said.

‘I wore the character’s shoes with lifts in it, his jeans, his glasses, I had a cigarette in my hand at all times,’ Peters added. 

Prep and shooting; Peters revealed during the Q&A the role involved, ‘four months of prep, six months of shooting.

Wore: ‘I wore the character’s shoes with lifts in it, his jeans, his glasses, I had a cigarette in my hand at all times,’ Peters added

‘I wanted all this stuff, these external things, to be second nature when we were shooting, so I watched a lot of footage,’ Peters continued.

The actor added that he also worked with a dialect coach to nail his voice since he had a very ‘distinct’ way of speaking.

‘I also went off and created this 45-minute audio composite which was very helpful. I listened to that every day,’ he added.

Second nature: ‘I wanted all this stuff, these external things, to be second nature when we were shooting, so I watched a lot of footage,’ Peters continued

Dialect: The actor added that he also worked with a dialect coach to nail his voice since he had a very ‘distinct’ way of speaking

He said the audio composite was both to learn his speech patterns but also to, ‘get into his mindset.’

‘Yeah it was an exhaustive search, trying to find private moments, things where he didn’t seem self-conscious,’ Peters continued. 

He said he wanted to get a glimpse into how he behaved before the interviews and before he went to prison.

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Audio composite: He said the audio composite was both to learn his speech patterns but also to, ‘get into his mindset.

Glimpse: He said he wanted to get a glimpse into how he behaved before the interviews and before he went to prison

The finished project of the three-year-long undertaking turned out to be a huge success.

Within three weeks of its release, the show was watched a whopping 701.37 million hours. 

The show is now the second most-viewed English Netflix series of all time.

Success: The finished project of the three-year-long undertaking turned out to be a huge success

Weeks: Within three weeks of its release, the show was watched a whopping 701.37 million hours