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‘Monsters’ Star Ari Graynor on Playing Attorney Leslie Abramson and Wanting to Meet the ‘Extraordinary’ Menendez Brothers: ‘I Would Love to Get to Hug Them One Day’


'Monsters' star Ari Graynor talks about becoming attorney Leslie Abramson and wanting to meet Erik and Lyle Menendez.

Ari Graynor didn’t reach out to the real Leslie Abramson while preparing for her role as the legendary defense attorney in Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” “And I hear they’re extraordinary people who, as Leslie said at the end of the show … will make their lives meaningful and contribute beautifully to society. I remind Graynor that series co-creator Ryan Murphy praised her “back acting” when I spoke to him about the fifth episode, a 33-minute single take featuring Erik(Cooper Koch) giving a detailed account of the childhood sexual and emotional abuse he suffered from his father.

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