According to Deadline, Cooper Koch (Swallowed) and Nicholas Alexander Chavez (General Hospital) have been tapped to join Netflix’s Monsters Season 2 cast for the next installment in Ryan Murphy’s crime anthology series. Koch and Chavez will be playing the respective leading roles of Erik and Lyle Menendez, the infamous brothers who were convicted of killing their parents in 1996.
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Monsters is co-created and executive produced by longtime collaborators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. The future installments of Monsters will tell the stories of other monstrous figures who have impacted society. Season 2 will center infamous murder case from the early 1990s, involving two brothers from a wealthy family who were convicted of killing their parents.
In 1989, José and Kitty were shot multiple times with a shotgun at their Beverly Hills mansion. Their children, Lyle and Erik Menendez, weren’t originally under suspicion. However, due to the siblings excessive spending following the deaths of their parents, they were ultimately pointed out as potential suspects. The prosecution accused them of killing their parents for their inheritance. During the highly publicized trials, the brothers revealed that they both suffered physical, emotional, and sexual abuse at the hands of their father, which compelled them to murder their parents out of fear for their lives.
In 1996, Lyle and Erik Menendez were officially sentenced to life in prison. According to the outlet, Netflix also has “exclusive access” to the brothers for an upcoming documentary about the controversial case.
Titled as Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the first season starred Evan Peters (American Horror Story), Niecy Nash (Scream Queens), Penelope Ann Miller (American Crime), Shaun J. Brown (Run), and Colin Ford (Daybreak), as well as Oscar winner Richard Jenkins. For his performance as the titular serial killer, Peters won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Miniseries.
