“My Friend Dahmer is basically the coming of age story of Jeffrey Dahmer,” Lynch told EW earlier this year. “[It’s about] how he became the serial killer that we know him to be. I was looking for a role that would somewhat be a challenge for me. I had done a lot of work with Disney, and sort of a younger demographic, and I was excited to do something that maybe people didn’t expect from me. And I had a really good time doing it.”