Cameron Britton Thought About Killing His Mom While Filming 'Mindhunter'

The premise of Netflix’s Mindhunter isn’t exactly light — two FBI agents plumb the psychological depths of infamous serial killers. So while Cameron Britton was portraying serial killer Ed Kemper for nine months, he had a hard time stepping away from the role.

At Vulture Festival, Britton shared a horrifying anecdote about when his mom came to visit him and he thought about killing her. Talk about getting into character.

[albertodedominicis]

"The show is about serial killers... therefore you have to think about serial killers a lot". Here's a psychology Phd used to its full capacity

[rianquinn]

This show has one of the most perfect casts in the history of television.

[diggpal]

Camerons abiltiy of deep reflection and level of self awareness, regarding his acting processes is incredible!

[stevenbrown]

You know he scared the hell out of those people when he said that

[joeypethan]

It just astounds me that Cameron isn't getting more role offers after Mindhunter.

[ghoulishfool]

When Cameron looked back over to his fellow actors and sees the absolute horror and fascination on their faces, that fucking killed me 😂

[mmm]

This dude looks even more like Ed now than he did in season 1.

[thomaschristopherwhite]

"Your body doesn't know you're acting." - Bobby Cannavale, THR’s Full Drama Actor Roundtable 2016.

[leokimvideo]

Method actors are only slightly different to serial killers. Cameron Britton deserved an Oscar for his incredible acting on Mindhunter

[briankiefer]

Ive known Cameron and his family for like 15 years. Hes a great guy, its hard to see him as a killer, hes definitely not that guy.

[wtv]

Jon's face the entire thing was priceless

[nashwanabila]

"But, mostly it was a joy" & everyone was like What The Hell! :'D :'D

[linasayshush]

It's weird to hear Cameron Britton's voice and have it not come from Ed Kemper.

[skullsaintdead]

Omg I don't know what's funnier: Jon's look throughout (smiling supportively to open-mouthed sheer shock and bewilderment) or Camerons "... no one's ever asked!" 1:39 at the very end, like some maniacal interviewer would ever think to correlate Camerons acting as Ed Kemper and him taking on some of these feelings, albeit second-handedly, for his own mum. Amazing.

[marquisdawson]

He’s been one of my favorites for the past few years, the way that he talks and has the emotion just makes it seem so real, he’s even green in Manhunt-Deadly games. He understands the role every time 🙏🏾💯

[asmrvirgin]

The whole cast is speechless. Hilarious. Great show, great actors.

[mohammadjavadmonjezi]

he is just talking and talking, meanwhile everyone's jaw is on the floor 😂

[theswede]

Cant believe they shut this show down, it had only just taken off and wanted to see so much more character development.

[kaysdash]

Cameron's definitely a method one and his Kemper it turned out amazingly terrifying, I hope he will have a long and amazing career, guy's a gem! 🙌💎

[GoSabres]

Cameron stole the damn show with his performance. Here's to hoping they bring it back for a third season.