Christian Slater, Patrick Gibson speak “Dexter” prequel and taking part in a serial killer

Christian Slater and Patrick Gibson star within the highly-anticipated prequel “Dexter: Authentic Sin.” The sequence takes place 15 years earlier than audiences first met Dexter, from the unique award-winning sequence starring Michael C. Corridor.

The brand new sequence, which is able to air on Paramount+, follows younger Dexter, performed by Gibson, as he evolves from school pupil to serial killing vigilante. Slater stars as Dexter’s father, Harry, a murder detective who teaches his son an moral code for killing.

Within the sequence premiere, Dexter comes clear together with his dad.

“Harry, he is a cop. He is seen lots of people get away with issues they should not have gotten away with, so he tries to channel Dexter’s blood lust in that sort of path. When you concentrate on it, think about what number of extra serial killers there could be in Miami if not for Dexter,” Slater mentioned.

“See he is already justifying it,” Gibson responded, laughing.

The duo mentioned they labored collectively forward of time to get into their father and son roles.

“I discovered how he likes to work. He discovered how I wish to work and we mainly like simply to have an excellent time,” Slater mentioned.

Each Gibson and Slater credit score the writing of the sequence that helped them to channel their characters.

“It is so enjoyable to play a personality who’s sort of constrained by society’s expectations of him day-to-day, after which whenever you do these kill scenes, he’s lastly capable of be himself,” Gibson mentioned. “So there’s like an unsightly, liberating high quality about it, which is a weird factor to say whenever you’re a serial killer.”

For Slater, he mentioned the prequel gives a chance to be taught extra about his character Harry and his love for his son.

“Within the authentic present he was a personality that you’d get glimpses of, any person who was in Dexter’s thoughts,” he mentioned. “Now you really get to be taught extra about his previous, what sort of motivates him and the traumas he is suffered which result in I feel his unconditional love of Dexter.”

“Dexter: Authentic Sin” premieres Friday Dec. 13 on Paramount+ with Showtime.