Evan Peters went full method for the role of Jeffrey Dahmer, and even wore his clothes in preparation.
, Peters said: ‘I really went back and forth on whether I should do it or not. I knew it was going to be incredibly dark and an incredible challenge,’ while speaking during a panel with Murphy and co-stars Niecy Nash and Richard Jenkins.
Evans explained: ‘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. I wore the character shoes with lifts in them, his jeans, his glasses, I had a cigarette in my hand at all times. He described the process as ‘an exhaustive search’ as he tried to find ‘private’ moments when Dahmer ‘didn’t seem self-conscious,’ so he could get a glimpse of ‘how he behaved prior to these interviews and being in prison.’