Whatever else you thought about Mindhunter, Cameron Britton was fantastic

Cameron Britton as Ed Kemper in Mindhunter

Despite its pedigree, I wasn’t the hugest fan of Netflix’s Mindhunter. However, there was one undeniably great performance in the first season, which was Cameron Britton’s take on Ed Kemper.

As you can see from this video showing how he becomes Kemper:

For comparison, here’s the real Kemper:

See what I mean?

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  • Rob Buckley

    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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