LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Actors Michael Chernus, Marin Ireland and Gabriel Luna, as well as showrunner Patrick McManus, say they hope Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, premiering Thursday on Peacock, honors the serial killer's victims.
Chernus, 48, plays Gacy in the dramatization of Peacock's previous docuseries. Ireland, 46, plays Elizabeth Piest, the mother of Gacy's final victim, 15-year-old Rob Piest.
In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, the cast agreed the real victims of Gacy were foremost on their minds. Even though it was Piest's family that led the police to Gacy in 1978, Chernus thought about all 33 victims during filming.
"All of these young men and boys whose lives were lost became very real for me," Chernus said. "So often we know the names of these awful serial killers but we can't name a single victim of theirs. So I hope we start to shed some light on who some of these young men were."
Elizabeth Piest died in 2021, but even if she were still living, Ireland said she would respect the family's privacy.
