Hollywood Keeps Casting Hot Serial Killers — And We Seem to Like It?

Zach Everonand Betleyand Ivan Petersand Michael C Hall These actors are not just attractive men who got the bases of great fans from high -level projects. They all played serial killers.
“Do you have anything you say to people who say they want to determine the dating of Joe despite the simple defect of killing people?” Stephen Colbert Request once Badgley about the audience’s overwhelming response to his fictional personality YouWhich kills more than ten people in the Netflix series.
He replied, “I am facing a great struggle with conflict of playing such a man and being partially loved and people who have such a thirsty response to him.”
After the first show for life in 2018, You Soon it became a great success, as he moved to Netflix in 2019 where four other seasons were produced. The last season is scheduled to be shown on April 24 to the broadcast service.
But do not get it twisted: The presence of hot serial killers on TV is not a new phenomenon. Dexter It was first shown in 2006, and Efron’s villain photos Ted Bondi In Netflix 2019, however, America’s fascination with real crime may give way to more stories about the brutal killers, and the audience eats it.
Peters had viewers to fall on him as one of the most murderers in all ages in 2022 Damer; Patrick Gibson Stars in Prequel last year Dxter: The original sin; Tom Batman New areas of fans have pushed lighting over it in the PEACOCK Crime Series Based on a true story and Dennis Cuid imagine Keith JibersonWho once claimed that they had up to 160 victims, in the next Paramount+ series Happy face.

In the Batman case, Liana LiberatoTory falls in love with his character Matt – despite the fact that she is well aware of his position as a fictional serial killer.
Batman told Hollywood Observer In 2023 of Based on a true story. “But I felt [that] He was greatly swinging in a comic way to be allowed lightly to touch and a kind of satirical simulation of it. “

We can all agree that the actions of these characters are horrific, institutional and immoral, but fans are witnessing them though. (If you do not believe weLook for “Dexter Morgan Edit” on Tiktok – will be passed for hours.)
“I call it the evil boy’s syndrome,” the world of crime Scott BonPhD, who composed Why do we love serial killers: the curious call of the most brutal killers in the worldHe said US weekly From this phenomenon, noting that the murderers closed in prison or fictional killers on the screen provide imagination of viewers. “This attraction does not cause them the potential for material harm because this person is controlled. They are behind bars or on TV. The imagination in your mind is completely different from Ted Bondi actually at your door.”
Bonn, who indicated that 75 to 80 percent of those present National Speaking Tour On serial killers, viewers warn against taking pictures of the murderers with salt beads, describing them as “entertaining popcorn”. The projects said.[dilute] The true story by definition. It is not a fact, although it is based on the truth, and it is presented in a way to provide a collective attractiveness. “
He continued, “To the extent that the perpetrator depicted as a person who has a kind of recovery and even sexual appeal, then I think you may make taxes for the victims.”

Like any production, it makes sense to be photographed by a good -looking actor as a leading man, regardless of the moral compass of the character. It is no wonder that their fans flow to see their latest work. But Bon mention weBy giving real crime stories Hollywood treatment, “I have lost some of the safety of the case itself.”
So, although we may get an excitement to see our favorite stars in a bad condition, let’s remember that this is just part of the story of the stories – the reaction they hope for!
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2025-03-09 12:00:00