Zac efron, Penn Badgley, Evan Peters, Michael C. Hall -These actors are not just attractive men who have obtained important fanbases of large profile projects. They have also played serial killers.
“Do you have something to say to people who say they want to go out with Joe despite the minor defect of murdering people?” Stephen Colbert Once asked Badgley on the overwhelming response of the audience to his fictional character Youwho kills a dozen people in the Netflix series.
“I struggle a lot with the conflict of playing this kind and that it is partly so sympathetic and that people have a thirsty response to him,” he said.
After its release on life in 2018, You It quickly became a success that moved to Netflix in 2019 where four more seasons took place. The last season will premiere on April 24 at the Streaming service.
The fifth and final season of you will come sooner than you think. Netflix confirmed on Thursday, December 19th, which will return in 2025. According to the synopsis, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) returns to New York “to enjoy his happy until his perfect life is threatened by the ghosts of his past (…)
But it does not succeed in twisting: the presence of hot serial killers on television is not a new phenomenon. Skilful Premiered in 2006, and Efron portrayed the infamons Ted bundy In a 2019 Netflix movie. However, the United States infatuation with the true crime has given way to more and more stories about brutal killers and the public eats it.
Peters had spectators for him as one of the most repressive killers of all time by 2022 Dahmer; Patrick Gibson Stars to last year’s preuella Dexter: Original sin; Tom Bateman promoted new fans in Peacock series in Peacock crimes series Based on a true story and Dennis quaid portraits Keith Jepersenwhich once claimed to have up to 160 victims, in the next Paramount+ series Happy face.
In the case of Bateman, Liana LiberatoThe character Tory falls in love with her character Matt, despite the fact that she is aware of her state as a fictional serial killer The West Side Ripper.
“Being playing someone doing these terrible things is interesting because it brings a moral dilemma,” said Bateman The Hollywood Reporter In 2023 of Based on a true story. “But I felt that (this) changed so great in such a humorous way that it allowed a lightness of touch and a kind of parody.”
We can all agree that the actions of these characters are terrible, deplorable and unethical, but fans wish them. (If you do not believe UsLook for “Dexter Morgan Edit” to Tiktok: You will move for hours.)
“I call it Bad Boy Syndrome”, criminologist Scott BonnDoctor, who was the author Why do we love serial killers – the curious attractiveness of the wildest murderers in the worldhe said Use weekly From the phenomenon, noting that the killers locked in prison or fictional murderers on the screen provide a fantasy without risk to the viewers. “This attraction does not cause them the potential of physical damage because this individual is controlled. They are behind the bars or television. The fantasy in your mind is very different from the one Ted Bundy is shown at the door.”
Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Anna Delvey. Erik and Lyle Menendez. In recent years, the murderers and the artists have gone from names to the news to figures more like celebrities with reality shows, hundreds of thousands of social networks and everyday people invested in all aspects of their lives, their (…)
Bonn, who said that 75 to 80 percent of attendees National Speaking Tour There are women in serial killers, he warns spectators that they take representations of murderers with a grain of salt, calling them “popcorn entertainment”. He said that projects “(dilute) real story by definition. It is not the reality, although it is based on the truth and it is served in a way that it provides a massive attraction. “”
He continued: “To the extent that portraits the author as someone who has some kind of exchange of exchange and even sexual attraction, I think it can be a service for victims.”
Like any production, it makes sense for a good -looking actor to stand as a main man, regardless of the moral compass of the character. And it is not surprising that their fans were done to see their latest work. But, recalls Bonn UsGiving stories of true crime the Hollywood treatment, “you have lost some of the integrity of the case itself”.
So, although we are excited to see that our favorite stars break bad, remember that all this is just part of the storytelling, and the reaction they expect.