Who knew Zac Efron was such a good actor? I had only seen pictures of him and considered him a good looking playboy with gorgeous body and face. In fact I had never seen him in a show or a movie. And I was extremely impressed by his performance as Ted Bundy in Joe Berlinger’s “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile” (the words Judge Edward D. Cowart pronounced to qualify Ted Bundy’s crimes). I saw a young actor seizing an opportunity to show his talent and offer a new turn to his career. Not one second does he forget his character and how convincing he should be interpreting one of the deadliest serial killers in US history. I was extremely impressed by his involvement and frankly even disturbed by his uncanny faces. There are scenes where his features seem to express evil and almost do you harm. The expression “the devil’s beauty” suits Ted Bundy perfectly. He could easily seduce women, but only to destroy them. The producers chose not to make their movie a thriller but mostly a portrait of the killer, showing him as a balanced, charismatic and brilliant family man seemingly in love with his girlfriend. The producers do not mean to make a flattering or sympathetic portrait of a monster, but his personality is a cinematographic object storytellers had to seize. Also, maybe consider watching that movie to see an actor suddenly becoming a great actor?
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