‘Sexiest serial killer ever!’ Viewers swoon over Jamie Dornan’s character in BBC’s The Fall as it re-airs on Netflix – and say he’s ‘truly hot and terrifying at the same time’
- Viewers of The Fall are obsessing over Irish-born Jamie Dornan’s good looks
- He plays a deranged character who terrorizes the women of Belfast in the drama
- The BBC thriller is proving hugely popular once again after airing on Netflix
He’s a deranged character who terrorizes the women of Belfast – breaking into their homes and brutally murdering them.
Yet instead of being terrified over the horrors of serial killer Paul Spector and his crimes, viewers of The Fall are obsessing over Jamie Dornan’s good looks.
The Irish-born hunk, 38, played the murderer – who adopts a charming persona as a family member and caring medical expert in his day-to-day life – through the show’s three series, which have proved hugely popular once again after airing on Netflix.
One viewer wrote: ‘Haven’t come across a series this good in ages. Me nerves are gone watching it. Jamie Dornan is also the sexiest serial killer ever!’
Instead of being terrified over the horrors of serial killer Paul Spector and his crimes, viewers of The Fall are obsessing over Jamie Dornan’s character (above) and his good looks
The Irish-born hunk (pictured right), 38, played the murderer – who adopts a charming persona as a family member and caring medical expert in his day-to-day life – through the show’s three series
Reaction: The thriller is proving hugely popular once again after airing on Netflix. Pictured, a viewer admits she thinks Jamie’s character is the ‘sexiest serial killer ever’
Another said: ‘I just finished the first season of The Fall and I’m obsessed. Can we take a moment to appreciate the amazing Jamie Dornan?
A third questioned: ‘Nearly finished The Fall on Netflix and is it weird I still fancy Jamie Dornan even though he’s a serial killer?’
While a fourth admitted: ‘Hooked on The Fall and I seriously have more of a crush on Jamie Dornan than ever before.’
The psychological thriller, which first aired on BBC Two in 2013, was released on Netflix earlier this month, four years after its finale.
The psychological thriller, which first aired on BBC Two in 2013, was released on Netflix earlier this month, four years after its finale. Pictured, viewers react to Jamie’s character
It’s been steadily climbing the Most Popular Titles category on the streaming service as first-time viewers and firm fans enjoy the cat-and-mouse drama set in Belfast.
The award-winning show follows the fate of serial killer Paul Spector as Gillian Anderson’s Superintendent Stella Gibson tries to track him down.
Scenes in the third series see Jamie showcasing his toned physique while showering, leaving viewers feeling hot under the collar.
But despite its popularity, the show has previously been criticised for its depiction of violence against women, but showrunner Allan Cubitt denied the claims, describing it as a ‘dissection of a certain kind of male view, an exploration of misogyny’.
The award-winning show follows the fate of serial killer Paul Spector as Gillian Anderson’s Superintendent Stella Gibson (pictured together) tries to track him down
It’s been steadily climbing the Most Popular Titles category on the streaming service as first-time viewers and firm fans enjoy the cat-and-mouse drama set in Belfast. Pictured, Jamie in the drama
But it wasn’t only Jamie’s good looks being praised by viewers, with fans taking to Twitter (above) to applaud the ‘great’ drama
The Fall also made a household name out of Jamie, who landed the lead in the Fifty Shades Of Grey franchise after his performance.
When recalling how he prepared for playing the role of a serial killer, Jamie admitted that he stalked an unsuspecting woman to ‘what it felt like to pursue someone like that’.
After questioning, ‘Can we get arrested for this?’, he confessed to the LA Times in 2015: ‘On the tube, which is our underground system … this is a really bad reveal: I, like, followed a woman off the train one day to see what it felt like to pursue someone like that.’
Jamie added that he followed her for a bit and recalled: ‘It felt kind of exciting, in a really sort of dirty way. I’m sort of not proud of myself.’
But he does believe that it helped him to get inside the head of his character.