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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story has hit Netflix, and it follows the true story of the Menendez brothers, Lyle and Erik, who murdered their mother and father, José and Kitty Menendez, in August 1989. The anthology collection first premiered in 2022 with the season Dahmer — Monsters: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Now that Monsters is targeted on the Menendez household’s case, Hollywood Life has rounded up a forged information from the collection, under.

Javier Bardem — José Menendez

As a veteran actor who has been within the enterprise for 30 years, Javier is thought for his roles in numerous movies and TV exhibits. Amongst his most notable credit are Eat Pray Love, Pirates of the Caribbean: Lifeless Males Inform No Tales, the Dune franchise and Being the Ricardos.

Since Javier has performed a villain a number of occasions in his profession, his Monsters function seems easy to viewers. Whereas talking with The Wrap in September 2024, the Spanish actor mentioned one necessary theme within the collection: trauma.

“It actually speaks about some essential trauma, about how not having the ability to heal the traumatic occasions [from] childhood may cause dramatic impact for generations to return,” Javier instructed the outlet. “I assume you simply go in and simply play it, play it secure. I imagine in that. I’ve a household that I’m going to on the finish of the day, and I don’t need to present up being any person that’s not daddy or the husband or the accomplice. It’s a job. And the extra I enable myself to play with creativeness, the farther I can go, I feel.”

Chloë Sevigny — Mary Louise ‘Kitty’ Menendez

Chloë is greatest recognized for her performances in impartial movies, equivalent to American Psycho, Dogville and The Brown Bunny. She has additionally appeared in tv exhibits equivalent to American Horror Story and Bloodline.

In the case of taking part in the function of Kitty Menenedez, Chloë defined that she wished to method the efficiency “with lots of sensitivity” whereas talking with Interview journal in September 2024.

“You realize, I feel that we inform this story with lots of sensitivity, and we unpack it in a means that I feel individuals haven’t actually executed earlier than,” the Portlandia alum defined, “I feel now the dialog round psychological well being and sexual abuse is so totally different, you recognize? So, we get to essentially examine in a means that individuals perhaps shied away from up to now.”

Cooper Koch — Erik Menendez

Cooper is a rising star and comes from a household of movie producers, editors and extra. To get into character as Erik, the Los Angeles County native redecorated his trailer to appear to be Erik’s room.

“I turned my trailer into Erik’s room so I had garments all over the place, and I had photos of him on the wall, photos of me too,” Cooper instructed The Wrap in September 2024.

Nicholas Chavez — Lyle Menendez

Born in Texas and raised in Colorado, Nicholas acquired his official begin within the movie trade in 2021. He landed his large break on the present Basic Hospital, taking part in the function of Spencer Cassadine as a collection common till 2024.

Whereas discussing his function as Lyle with The Wrap in September 2024, Nicholas defined his strategy of studying about his character.

“The very first thing that I did was referred to as the individuals who I really like who have been alive on the time, after which I requested them what their perspective was and what their impression was,” he defined.

Dallas Roberts — Dr. Jerome Oziel

Dallas performs the function of therapist Dr. Jerome Oziel, who was a key half to the Menendez brothers’ investigation. Viewers have seen Dallas in varied movie roles, together with Glass Onion: A Knives Out Thriller, and TV roles equivalent to Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit.