Evan Peters is undeniably the renowned actor of the Gen-Z generation. Whether you know him from his earlier career where he featured in eschewing roles of social outcasts or his more hard hitting lead roles. The development of Evan Peters and his branding as an actor has revolutionised throughout his career and is something worth delving deeper into.
Although featuring in smaller roles in production such as Kickass, The Office and One Tree Hill. Evan Peters big debut was in American Horror Story. Playing a different character in each story line of the different seasons, Evan Peters grew recognition through his role of Tate in season one of AHS, Murder House. The gruesome but gripping nature of AHS and the twisted roles actors and actresses had to play, displayed the sheer talent of the cast members and their ability to make the show so gripping to watch (despite the uncomfortable story line at times). The evolution of Evan Peters arguably began throughout the years he was involved with AHS. Due to the need to change character perception to the audience for each season, Evan Peters seemingly did this effortlessly. Each season, you believed that whoever the character Evan Peters was playing, that was who he actually was, whether that be; Tate Langdon S1, Kit Walker S2 or Kyle Spencer S3.
Throughout the years of filming American Horror Story, Evan Peters landed roles in big revenue films. One in particular was the 2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past and its 2016 sequel, X-Men: Apocalypse. Here we see Evan Peters developing his brand as an actor further by stepping away from the more sinister tone of AHS, into a funny and quirky but still a social outcast character. Playing the mutant, Peter Maximoff based of the fictional character Quicksilver. This new role for Evan Peters seemed like a breath of fresh air for the actor and Peter fans, as he presented as easily likeable which saw him land a role in the Disney+ series Wandervision. At this stage in the evolution of Evan Peters career, we have seen him do small roles in comedies alongside being part of the Marvel universe.
Most recently, Evan Peters returns back to our screens in the latest Ryan Murphy production, Monster: The Jeffery Dahmer Story. This Netflix production explores the life of high profile serial killer, Jeffery Dahmer, and his victims. The show is now the second most viewed English Netflix series of all time. Many viewers and critics praised Evan Peters for his ability to embody the role of Dahmer which established the actor even further. In various interviews, Evan Peters explains how he approached this role through method acting in where he spent four months analysing videos and interviews of Dahmer to perfectly mimic his personality. Evan Peters even went to the extent of working with a dialect coach and audio composites to sound like Dahmer. Despite the unsettlingly nature of the new Dahmer series, Evan Peters has successfully grew recognition to his acting career on an international scale and at the age of 35, has a net worth of $4 million.
Long-standing fans of Evan Peters and even new ones will now be in anticipation on what role we will see this actor in next. With his success stemming from AHS and the Dahmer series, will Peters now have freedom to distinguish himself in roles the audience has yet to see him in? Or has the Peters branded himself as the perfect actor for the sadistic and twisted characters that keep audiences engaged?