(Warning: Spoilers ahead.)

Michael Chernus didn’t want anyone on the set of Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy to spend a second longer with the prolific serial killer than they needed to. When the camera stopped rolling, Chernus didn’t stay in character as Gacy. He did not separate himself from the rest of the cast, nor did he show up to set dressed as a clown.

“Every step of the way, he was a leader on set, and he made it a set that you wanted to be a part of,” says creator Patrick Macmanus. “It could have been totally understandable for somebody in his position to not be present with everyone else, and that is the exact opposite of what he was from the jump.”

John Wayne Gacy, who was arrested in 1978, remains an ongoing fascination, depicted on screen numerous times (including Ameri

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