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‘Monsters’ Cast Responds to Erik Menendez Slamming the Series: ‘You Should Probably See It Before You Speak Out Again’


The stars of 'Monsters' have issued a response to Erik Menendez slamming the series for "dishonest" portrayals of his and his brother's lives.

Javier Bardem, who plays family patriarch José Menéndez in the series, said that while he hasn’t read Erik Menendez’s criticism in full, he sees it as a logical result of the show. [Series creators] Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan give different perspectives, different views of the same issue because nothing is set in stone. Series co-creator Murphy previously pushed back against Erik Menendez’s criticisms on Tuesday, saying that the show takes “a ‘Rashomon’ kind of approach, where there were four people involved.

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