Last fall, he played a hacker in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel The Girl in the Spider's Web. In the years since the first season of Mindhunter aired, Britton has appeared as a cop in HBO's Barry, alongside Bill Hader and Henry Winkler. 'It was the character, who just can't stand his mom.it was a weird thing.' 'It wasn't me wanting to hurt my mom, but.,' Britton said. 'Yeah!' Britton answered, saying that he was in tears when she left. 'You wanted to murder her?' McCallany asked in the interview. I'm using a lot of dark thoughts to get where I need to go.' Britton described an almost 'Pavlovian' reaction when his mother came to visit the set. In a video interview with Vulture, Britton said, 'I was in that dude's head for 9 months. ''īritton has discussed the challenges of playing such a deeply disturbed character like Kemper, who resented-and eventually killed-his own mother. I hope to God I can just keep up and not make a fool of myself. 'Most of the conversations with my wife the night before we started shooting was, 'Man, this is my first guest star, and it's with David freaking Fincher. 'I went into this job hoping to not get fired,' he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. He'd appeared in a few other shows in minor capacities (as a security guard in the Disney Channel series Lab Rats, for instance), but his role in Mindhunter was his first guest spot. It's why Groff's character, Holden Ford, returns to him in the Season One finale, and why Kemper is back in the show's sophomore season.īelieve it or not, the role in Mindhunter was actually the first major TV role for Britton. Kemper is the first killer that detectives Holden Ford (Groff) Bill Tench (McCallany) talks to, and that conversation helps form the premise of the show. But the true breakout of Mindhunter's first season wasn't, in fact, any of the above instead it was actor Cameron Britton, who, in only three of the season's ten episodes cast a dark, compelling shadow over the entire season, earning an Emmy nomination in the process.Īs Ed Kemper-the real life serial killer-Britton is personable, charismatic, chilling, and above all else, totally uncanny.

Absolutely, the main cast of Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, and Anna Torv make for a more-than-formidable trio. Yes, the dark stylings of David Fincher-whether he's behind the camera or strictly serving in his executive producer role-make the show stand out. There's a lot of moving pieces at play to make Netflix's serial killer drama Mindhunter, now back for its second season, work.

Britton has played a number of other roles, and also delved into his experience on Mindhunter.

He plays real-life serial killer Ed Kemper.Actor Cameron Britton was nominated for an Emmy for the first season of Mindhunter.

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