Was one of the menendez brothers gay
Erik Menendez actor Cooper Koch was told his "gay voice" would stop him getting roles before Monsters
8 October ,
By Sam Prance
Cooper Koch, who plays Erik Menendez in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, is gay in concrete life.
Cooper Koch has revealed that he was once told that he would not be able to book roles because of his "gay voice".
It's unachievable to imagine Monsters: The Lyle And Erik Menendez Story without Cooper Koch. The series has sparked controversy over how it approaches the story of the Menendez brothers. However, both Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch and have been praised for how they portray Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez in the show.
Before Monsters though, Cooper was struggling to land any roles and an acting coach blamed how Cooper speaks.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story trailer
In , Cooper earned critical acclaim for his performances in the queer horror films Swallowed and They/Them, but he was rejected from multiple auditions afterwards. Speaking to Edge Media at the time, C
Viewers of Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story are criticizing how Ryan Murphy portrayed the brothers’ relationship with each other. The show recounts what went on before and after the gruesome murder of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez.
Erik and Lyle claimed they were sexually and emotionally abused by their father Jose which caused them to murder their parents. The brothers testified that their father had begun molesting them at a young age and that their mother had known about it.
In episode 2 of the Netflix series, Lyle (Nicholas Chavez) plants a kiss on his brother Erik’s (Cooper Koch) lips. The brothers are very open as they are usually touching and feeling each other, but many viewers idea it was too much for the narrative and strayed away from the actual problem of sexual abuse. “The Menendez brothers were victims of sexual abuse who finally retaliated against their abusers and this disgusting piece of trash has turned their story into an incestuous fanfic. Hell is not hot enough for Ryan Murphy,” one person wrote in a viral announce on X. But was their
'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' is about two brothers who murdered their parents. Here's what the Netflix show gets wrong.
"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story," the latest buzzy true crime drama series from Netflix, tells the story of two brothers who killed their parents in
When place on trial, the brothers claimed that their father, José Menendez, had abused them both since childhood and that their mother, Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, enabled his behavior.
The series is the latest offering from producer Ryan Murphy, who is best famous for helming the "American Horror Story" anthology series, as successfully as true-crime shows including "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" and "The People v. O. J. Simpson."
"The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" takes some dramatic license with the brothers' personal lives and streamlines some of the legal proceedings to fit the limited series.
Here's what the present gets wrong about the case.
José Menendez likely didn't see who killed him
The series depicts José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny)
What is the controversy around Netflix's Menendez drama?
Entertainment reporter
A new Netflix drama about two brothers who killed their parents has been criticised by one of the real-life men it is based on.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story was released last week and shot to the top of Netflix's streaming chart.
The show stars Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez as the two brothers, and Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny as their parents.
The series is a follow-up to the controversial first Monsters series about US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, which was criticised in some quarters for being insensitive.
The show was created by Ryan Murphy, the director, writer and producer behind series including Glee, Pose, The Watcher, Feud, American Horror Story, Hollywood and Ratched, and Ian Brennan, who co-created Glee.
In its first weekend of release, the series is reported to acquire had million views, although we don't know how many individual viewers or households that amounts to as it will be split across the nine ep