'American Horror Story' Actor Evan Peters On Starring In 'American Animals' | NowThis

Evan Peters' new true crime movie looks too insane to be real.
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This true crime story seems too insane to be real.
“American Animals” tells the true story of four college kids who attempted one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history, setting out to steal valuable books from a college library that were worth about $10 million.
“It’s crazy how bored you can get and the stupidity that you can got involved in, in the suburbs,” explained one of film’s leads Evan Peters. “I understood that in a way when I read it. And I was like, I could totally have done this. And that’s what made it that much scarier, is that, you know, these guys did this thing and then it ended up this way.”
Peters plays Warren Lipka, the ringleader of the art heist, but director Bart Layton didn’t want him to talk to the real Warren - a request he ended up going agaisnt. The actor also watched heist films, studied police records and even found inspiration from a picture of a monkey.
“It’s a horrific picture of this little, sad monkey in a cage,” he explained. “And that’s kind of to me what, you know, it felt like to be Warren. And I mean looking on the outside, it’s like, ‘Hey, dude you have everything in front of you. What’s wrong with you?’ But being inside of it, and I think what Warren was going through and Warren was feeling at that time was similar to that.”
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It's crazy to look at him and think for a minute of all his dark, insane roles and how far he is from them. Mindblowing

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No, i think is he not. There's something mysterious about him like he hides who he really is.

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@@AK-vb9fv I disagree. I think he's a very genuine person. I think he comes across as a bit shy, but also honest, kind and funny.

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Evan is a great actor

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Evan peters make me so happy :*

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This movie looks very good.:-O:-)