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Zac Efron. Badgley’s head. Evan Peters. Michael C. Hall -It are not just attractive men who have collected significant fans of high -profile projects. They have also played serial killers.
“Do you have anything to say to the people out there who say they want to date Joe despite the little lack of murdering people?” Stephen Colbert Once asked Badgley for the pitfishing of the public to his fictional character on Youwhich kills over a dozen people on the Netflix series.
“I am struggling with the conflict of playing such a man and he is partly as similar as people getting such a thirsty response, as we say,” he replied.
After her première on a lifetime in 2018, You It soon became a huge success, moving to Netflix in 2019 where another four seasons were produced. The final season is expected to show for the first time on April 24 on the streaming service.
The fifth and last season of you are coming faster than you think. Netflix confirmed on Thursday, December 19, that you return in 2025.
But do not spin: the presence of hot serial killers on TV is not a new phenomenon. Dexter for the first time in 2006, and Efron was portraying the famous Ted Bundy In the 2019 Netflix film. Yet American infatuation with a real crime has surrendered to more and more stories of cruel killers, and audiences are eating it up.
Peters had spectators falling for him as one of the most respected murderers ever in 2022’s Dahmer; Patrick Gibson stars in prequel last year Dexter: Original sin; Tom Bateman Has stimulated new spans of fans to wake up over it in the Meta True Crime Peacock series Based on a true story and Dennis quaid portrait Keith Jespersenwho once claimed to have as many as 160 victims, in the upcoming paramount+ series Happy face.
In the case of Bateman, Liana liberatoA Tory character falls in love with his character Matt – despite the fact that she is well aware of her status as the fictional serial murderer of the west side tear.
“Being playing someone who makes these terrible things is interesting because he is upbringing -a moral advice,” said Bateman Hollywood reporter In 2023 of Based on a true story. “But I felt (that) he had rocked so much in such a funny way that he allowed touch lightness and a kind of parody.”
We can all agree that the actions of these characters are horrific, pitiful and unethical, but supporters are for them nonetheless. (If you don’t believe UsLook up “Dexter Morgan Edit” on Tiktok – you scroll for hours.)
“I call it Bad Boy Syndrome,” offender Scott BonnPhD, who wrote Why do we love serial killers: the curious appeal of the world’s greatest murdererstell Weekly US From the phenomenon, indicating that murderers locked away in prison or fictional killers on the screen provides viewers with no risk fantasy. “That attraction does not cause them physical harm’s potential because that person is controlled. They are behind bars or on TV. The fantasy in your mind is very different than Ted Bundy actually appears at your door. “
Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Anna Delvey. Erik and Lyle Menendez. Over the past few years, killers and con artists have gone from names you hear in the news to figures that are more like celebrities with reality shows, hundreds of thousands of social media fans and everyday people invested in all aspects of their lives, of their (…)
Bonn, who identified 75 to 80 percent of his attendees National Talk Tour Serial killers are women, warning spectators to take pictures of murderers with a particle of salt, calling them “popcorn entertainment.” He said the projects were “(weakened) the real story by definition. It is not a reality, although it is actually based, and is served in a way to provide mass appeal. “
He continued: “To the extent that you portray the perpetrator as someone who has some kind of redemption virtues and even a sex appeal, then I think you may perhaps do with the victims.”
Like any production, it makes sense that a good -looking actor would be cast as the leading man, regardless of the character’s moral compass. And no wonder their fans would flock to their latest work. But, Bonn is a reminder UsBy giving Hollywood treatment to true crime stories, “you have lost some of the integrity of the cause itself.”
So while we can be thrilled watching our favorite stars break bad, let’s remember that this is just part of storytelling – and the response they are hoping for!
