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WandaVision's Evan Peters to Play Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer
Niecy Nash and Penelope Ann Miller are also starring in the Netflix miniseries.
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By Adele Ankers
Updated: 24 Mar 2021 12:16 pm
Posted: 24 Mar 2021 11:12 am
Evan Peters has signed on to play Jeffrey Dahmer in Ryan Murphy's new Netflix series about the infamous serial killer.According to Variety, Peters will portray the titular character in Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's latest project for Netflix, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, alongside Scream Queens star Niecy Nash, who has joined the series as Glenda Cleveland, a neighbor that alerted authorities to Dahmer's suspicious behavior, only to have her concerns repeatedly overlooked.
In addition, Penelope Ann Miller has been tapped to play Dahmer's mother, Joyce, alongside Richard Jenkins, who was previously announced in the role of Dahmer's father, Lionel, a "chemist, who showed [Dahmer] how to safely bleach and preserve animal bones when he was a child." They have been cast along with Shaun Brown, who will play Tracy, Dahmer's last intended victim, and Colin Ford as Chazz.