Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story: Nicholas Alexander Chavez & Cooper Koch
690Cooper Koch is no stranger to intense roles, having appeared in slashers like They/Them and body horrors like Swallowed. It’s experience that almost certainly helped him when taking on his newest role in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. In the series, he plays Erik Menendez, a young man who brutally murdered his parents after alleging that he suffered sexual abuse at their hands for years. Nicholas Alexander Chavez has an array of television experience, also appearing in Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie, which is currently airing, and General Hospital, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award. The skills he’s honed over the years shine through in his role as the other brother, Lyle Menendez.
You might not have known Koch and Chavez’s names before this, but you certainly will after. The show sinks or swims based on their performance, and the layers and vulnerability they bring to the screen help the show soar. Their twisted chemistry with Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny, who play their parents, is necessary and undeniable, and their dynamic with one another acts as the heart and soul of the show, anchoring it with authenticity and emotion throughout the gruesome events and reveals.
Collider got the chance to speak with Koch and Chavez about shooting the show’s most intense scenes (including the long take in Episode 5 and the murders themselves), how they developed chemistry with one another, and more.
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