Jonathan Groff delves into Mindhunter Season 1: “I didn't know if audiences were going to have the patience to watch people talking”

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Groff says he was taken aback that viewers actually watched his Netflix series without any distractions: “I fully believe in the show and I believed in David (Fincher)’s mission statement—that there wouldn’t be big action sequences, that it would be this cerebral look into the minds of serial killers and into the minds of people that are investigating them. In a world where TV has to be so sensational because there's so much of it, Mindhunter really is just people in rooms talking. So the reactions I’ve had where people say ‘I’m so addicted, I can’t stop watching,’ I find it so inspiring that conversation can have such intrigue and interest, and that people want to lean in and put their phones down, because you can’t text and watch Mindhunter. You have to give it your full attention, I think. The fact that people are willing to put their phones down and turn the lights out in their apartment and sit with these characters and do this deep psychological dive, that’s thrilling.” ALSO: Mindhunter’s tickle episode was especially fantastic.