Netflix/Brian Douglas – 2017(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Metallica frontman James Hetfield makes his dramatic film acting debut in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, a new movie about Ted Bundy, and his performance has earned rave reviews from its lead.
During an interview on Tuesday’s installment of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Zac Efron, who plays the infamous serial killer in the film, said that Hetfield “absolutely nailed” his part as Officer Bob Hayward, the Utah highway patrolman who first arrested Bundy in 1975.
“He just crushed it,” Efron exclaimed. “It’s like he’d been acting his whole life. He had no fear. He did a great job.”
Efron admitted that he was prepared to share some acting tips with Hetfield, but he, “didn’t ask for a single one.”
“James Hetfield is the s***!” Efron declared.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile is directed by Joe Berlinger, who previously worked with Hetfield on the 2004 Metallica doc Some Kind of Monster. The film, which also stars Lily Collins, Jim Parsons and John Malkovich, premieres on Netflix this Friday, May 3.
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