Charlie Hunnam, best known for his role in Sons of Anarchy, will star in the Netflix true-crime anthology Monsters, Ryan Murphy announced during an event for the show’s upcoming second season. He played notorious serial killer Ed Gein for three seasons. (The news was first reported by Variety.)
Ed Gein, who admitted to murdering two women in the 1950s, also gained notoriety for digging up graves and using human remains to create disturbing mementos. His horrific crimes inspired iconic horror films such as “Psycho” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
Each season of Monsters focuses on a different real-life criminal who made headlines. Season 1 stars Evan Peters as notorious cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer and Niecy Nash as his worried neighbor Glenda. The first season, co-created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, was a huge success, becoming one of Netflix’s most-watched series with over 1 billion hours watched and winning received many honors, including an Emmy Award for Nash’s performance.
The second season, titled “Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story,” will premiere on Netflix on Thursday and tells the infamous story of the Menendez brothers, who were convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents. Get media attention. Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch star as Lyle and Eric, with Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny playing their parents, José and Kitty.
