But I can never think of him as a villain. I can never think of him as evil. I just have to keep getting under his skin. But he realizes that his purpose in life is to kill. It doesn’t get more dangerous than that. Because I actually found that the killing is not out of hatred. He kind of likes the people that he kills. He wanted to be a performer, and somehow that’s transformed into murder, so he thinks of it as a performance, like he’s fulfilling his destiny.”
— American Horror Story: Freak Show‘s Finn Wittrock discussing murderous Dandy with Vulture and when asked if his character is gay, replies, “No, no, definitely not. He just likes girls with two heads, you know? One head’s never enough.”
enlightenone
“He just likes girls with two heads, you know?”
More of a “straight” male thing!
Vero55
So Finn Wittrock is really stupid, then? He’s not that good looking enough to be this dumb. Sad..
Vero55
Or maybe the show is just that badly written…
Jonty Coppersmith
WTF? This guy thinks the character he plays is neither evil nor a villain even though his whole purpose in living is to kill others?
Oli1023
WTF Wittrock? I don’t get it. Does murder have to be spurred on by hatred to be evil??? To me it actually is less evil than if you kill someone because you think it’s artistic. That’s evil. WTF Wittrock?
enfilmigult
Geez you guys. It’s the actor PLAYING him, not a viewer watching who goes “nope, that doesn’t seem evil.” When he says he can’t think of him that way because “I just have to keep getting under his skin” it should be pretty obvious what he means.
Xzamilio
@enfilmigult: Oh, noooooooo… they are lit because he said Dandy wasn’t gay.
odawg
@Jonty Coppersmith: Mensa member he is not.
Ratronaut
@enfilmigult: I read it that way too. If you put in a paragraph break after the third sentence, it is more clear.
iBLOW
I stopped watching this season weeks ago it’s been bad from the first episode honestly.
Sluggo2007
I only liked the first season. Couldn’t stand the show after that.
lykeitiz
The show is great, & is back on track this season after the Coven hot mess. This guy is brilliant, & his description explains why he’s able to play his character so well.
Don’t hate what you don’t understand.
DuMaurier
@enfilmigult: I’ve never even seen the show, and I got that. He’s talking from the character’s point of view and motivations. The idea that he’s saying killing people is A-OK is a numbingly obtuse take on his words.
Dev.C
No Ryan Murphy is just a very terrible writer, because now Dandy just comes off as joke at the expense of gay stereotypes.
It’s like Murphy changed his mind early this season from Dandy being Jeffery Dahmer to being full on Norman Bates. Ryan Murphy writes the worst gay characters on television so this doesn’t surprise me.
jjose712
Well, i don’t watch the show but in my opinion he is talking from the character’s point of view. And the comment about the woman with two heads is obviously a joke
lykeitiz
@Dev.C: So in other words, you don’t watch the show.
Dandy isn’t gay or bi. Full hetero.
Cagnazzo82
Why not just say he’s channeling Christian Bale’s character in American Psycho? And that’s actually why he’s not gay.
I mean the scene with him working out in his underwear practically took all its cues from American Psycho.
omacdonald
Dandy is indeed evil evil evil.
He killed heart throb Matt Bomer. How can anyone hurt that sweetie Matt? Sighing with dramatic swoon.
IcarusD
@enfilmigult: I agree with you. I don’t think Finn Wittrock is saying Dandy isn’t evil. I think he’s saying that Dandy doesn’t see himself as evil, and therefore as the actor playing Dandy, he has to think that way too in order to play the character correctly.