Steve Guttenberg, finest recognized for his roles within the Police Academy franchise, is tackling a brand new position as a serial killer within the Lifetime Unique film Kidnapped by a Killer: The Heather Robinson Story, premiering June 7 at 8pm EST. “I used to be about an hour and a half in make-up day-after-day to form of create the look,” says Guttenberg, explaining a part of what it took to inhabit the horrific and chilling character of real-life serial killer John Robinson. “And whenever you see him, you simply received’t consider it. I feel it’s onerous to consider it’s me, and that’s fantastic.”
It may be onerous to consider that an actor who most audiences affiliate with comedies (like Three Males and a Child, Brief Circuit, or the aforementioned Police Academy) or dramas (Diner, Cocoon), may inhabit a monstrous character like Robinson, whom the actor describes as “a horrible human being,” even when additionally “fairly sophisticated.” Regardless that Guttenberg has beforehand appeared in thrillers, like Lifetime’s How one can Homicide Your Husband, he hasn’t turned up because the villain earlier than.