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Now, after working on this episode, I look at crime differently. I am interested in telling a story of the love that was there, that was destroyed. But I am interested in telling a story of a family’s loss. I’m really, really not interested in the psychology of Jeffrey Dahmer and why he is as warped as he is. What is the opportunity there beyond just detailing a murder? That episode is the first time we get to know a victim. My whole experience, through the making of the “Silenced” episode, was trying to quell his instincts to act and to convince him just to be Rodney and do this as Rodney would, saying these particular lines, in this particular time and these particular clothes, without trying to do anything other than what Rodney would do. When I met Rodney Burford, I realized why he was right, because he does have a really kind, open spirit.

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In what way?įor one, I wasn’t expecting that the part of Tony Hughes would be played by someone who had never done professional acting before, who was also deaf.

You mentioned it challenged you in ways you weren’t expecting. That’s what they’re keenly interested in, and that’s what I’m interested in, too. I think they made the story about something bigger and something relevant to today, which is: What are the police doing? Why don’t they believe a Black woman when she is calling, over and over again? What status does she have in this society? Those are big questions that reverberate today. If they’re going to take the story of Jeffrey Dahmer, they’re going to tell it in a way that matters. I can count on them giving me projects and scripts that are going to take me in directions that I’m not always comfortable going, while, at the same time, doing it for a purpose. What is unique about your working relationship? You have worked with Ryan and Ian before on The Watcher, Glee and American Horror Story.

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“I didn’t expect it would challenge me this much,” admits Barclay, who spoke to THR about making a show dramatizing a series of horrific events while trying not to glorify a monster. In this case, the accolade serves to highlight the difficulty of his work. The episodes delving into Tony’s story have been deemed some of the show’s best, and Burford’s performance has been hailed as a standout.Emmy-nominated director Paris Barclay Dominik Bindl/Getty ImagesĪs a result of his contribution, Barclay makes history as the first Black director to be Emmy-nominated for directing in the limited series category, having already been nominated for comedy ( Glee) and drama ( The West Wing).

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In the show, Burford plays Tony Hughes, a 31-year-old Black deaf man who was murdered by serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (portrayed by Evan Peters) in 1991. Aside from his stint on the reality TV series Deaf U in 2020 and some accidental stage work in high school, Burford, who is Profoundly Deaf and has cochlear implants to help him understand the spoken word, had no acting experience. Rodney Burford had a dream of becoming a professional football player when he auditioned for Ryan Murphy’s Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

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