Evan Peters Went Method for Dahmer Role, Techniques to Shake Darkness - TMZ

Evan Peters Went Method for Dahmer Role ... Tricks to Shake Darkness

10/30/2022 12:14 PM PT

Evan Peters says helium had to alteration himself into Jeffrey Dahmer to bash the communicative justness -- and helium means that virtually ... 'cause the dude went wholly method for the slayer role.

The histrion dished Saturday astir what precisely went into preparing for the occupation erstwhile helium was formed by Ryan Murphy and co. to play the pb successful "Dahmer -- Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" ... and, arsenic it turns out, determination was a batch that went into embodying the guy.

During a Q&A, EP revealed helium really wore Dahmer's existent covering and accessories -- including his glasses, his shoes and his jeans. How precisely the accumulation got their hands connected that worldly to statesman with is anyone's conjecture ... but Evan says helium enactment it to bully usage for months.

He adjacent says helium wore weights connected his arms to assistance support Dahmer's straight-as-an-arrow posture, and Murphy had antecedently revealed Evan stayed successful quality portion helium was connected set.

Luckily, though, the feline didn't instrumentality Dahmer location with him ... and had immoderate techniques to shingle the acheronian helium was surviving with connected a regular portion shooting the show. Some of that included watching comedies and lighthearted content, not to notation feel-good music.

He specifically cited "Step Brothers" arsenic 1 flick he'd ticker to driblet the Dahmer effect erstwhile the cameras weren't rolling ... clearly, becoming Dahmer took its toll connected the dude.

Evan's costar, Niecy Nash, besides spoke her portion astatine the sheet ... and said she was gladsome the bid examined antithetic lenses into the Dahmer communicative -- particularly arsenic it pertains to the victims and his watchful neighbor, Glenda Cleveland, whom NN portrays connected the show.

She addressed the racism and homophobia contiguous successful the saga -- particularly connected the portion of cops astatine the clip -- and noted they'd done a bully occupation astatine capturing that facet of it.

There's been outrage implicit the task being made, arsenic immoderate consciousness that it glorifies Dahmer. However, those who've really seen it successful its entirety cognize it's much nuanced than that ... showing this calamity from aggregate sides and not hiding from the information of what happened.

Peters is astir surely going to beryllium nominated for an Emmy, and volition astir apt triumph too.