Shaun Evans recently admitted his “hesitation” over playing Until I Kill You serial killer John Sweeney.
The series, currently on ITV1, dramatises the haunting true story of Sweeney’s killing spree, based on the recollections of one of his girlfriends, Delia Balmer.
John, currently serving life without parole, murdered two women before decapitating them and dumping their bodies in canals. He also held Delia hostage, tied to a bed, for four days and later attacked her with a hammer and axe. She survived, and was involved in the making of the ITV1 series.
Until I Kill You actor Shaun Evans on ‘hesitation’ over role
Speaking to The Times, Shaun was asked if he worried ahead of accepting the role if the dramatisation “could join the long list of dramas that cynically play on female fears”.
I got paid really good money for it, as actors can do. Who cares how hard it was?
The paper noted that he nodded and said: “I completely agree. And that was a lot of my hesitation going into it too, and why I was on the fence for a while.”
When he did decide to take on the role, Shaun said he had to tap into his dark side to play the serial killer. He revealed that photocopies of Sweeney’“”
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