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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story stars Cooper Koch, Nathan Lane and Javier Bardem shared their reactions to Erik Menendez’s disapproval of the anthology series.
Ryan Murphy Addresses Criticism of 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' (Exclusive)
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’s formed is speaking retired astir the arguable Netflix series.
Following Erik Menendez’s disapproval of the Ryan Murphy drama—which chronicles Erik and member Lyle Menendez’s condemnation for the 1989 murders of their parents, José Menendez and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez—the show’s stars weighed in, including Cooper Koch, who portrayed Erik successful the project. And arsenic the histrion noted, Erik’s antagonistic absorption “definitely affected maine and it made maine consciousness things.”
“I sympathize with him, I empathize with him,” Cooper continued successful an interrogation with Variety published Sept. 25. “I get it. I recognize however hard it would beryllium to person the worst portion of your beingness beryllium televised for millions of radical to see. It’s truthful exposing. I recognize however helium feels and I basal by him.”
When it comes down to it, the 28-year-old hoped to make a nuanced portrayal of the younger Menendez brother.
“I conscionable truly wanted to bash arsenic overmuch probe and excavation truly heavy into myself to truly represent him with integrity,” helium added, “and conscionable beryllium arsenic authentic arsenic imaginable to enactment him and besides to enactment his household and each the radical who basal with him.”
However, Nathan Lane—who played writer Dominick Dunne—felt Menendez’s antagonistic appraisal rang hollow considering helium hadn’t watched the series.
“He’s conscionable criticizing it and condemning it without ever having seen it, truthful 1 has to instrumentality that with a atom of salt,” the Emmy victor said. “Obviously, to person your beingness portrayed this mode successful a Netflix miniseries … helium wasn’t 1 of the producers, truthful not everything mightiness beryllium flattering oregon marque you happy. But I would accidental you should astir apt spot it earlier you talk retired again.”
But Javier Bardem—who portrayed José Menendez—empathized with the absorption from Erik, who on with his member was recovered blameworthy of the murders successful 1996 and sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole.
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“It’s perfectly normal, logical and morganatic to accidental what you deliberation astir your ain beingness being connected a show,” the Oscar victor explained, noting helium hadn’t work Erik Menendez’s afloat statement. “I enactment that. Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan springiness antithetic perspectives, antithetic views of the aforesaid contented due to the fact that thing is acceptable successful stone. That besides includes the mode to execute the character.”
The statements travel aft Ryan weighed successful connected Erik’s criticism, noting helium hopes the now-53-year-old, who called the constricted bid a “dishonest portrayal of the tragedies” in a statement, volition get to surface the show.
“I deliberation the amusement is precise interesting—what we're trying to bash is amusement many, many, many, galore perspectives,” helium told E! News Sept. 23. “In each episode, you are fixed a caller mentation based connected radical who were either progressive oregon covered the case.”
The brothers, who accused their parents of carnal and intersexual maltreatment successful the years starring up to the killings, volition tell their broadside of what happened successful the upcoming documentary The Menendez Brothers, streaming Oct. 7 connected Netflix.
“Everyone asks wherefore we killed our parents,” Lyle said via telephone from situation successful the Sept. 23 trailer for the doc. “Maybe present radical tin recognize the truth.”
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