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Menendez Brothers Series ‘Monsters’ Star Javier Bardem Says Netflix Show Is About the ‘Consequences of Trauma’
"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story" star Javier Bardem talks about Ryan Murphy's new true-crime series.
The infamous Beverly Hills siblings murdered their parents in 1989, and were convicted in 1996, but today’s more comprehensive understanding of sexual abuse has sparked renewed interest in the case. The creators took great pains to recreate the time period, which Los Angeles-native Leslie Grossman, who plays key witness Judalon Smyth, professed was spot-on. Producer Ryan Murphy, who has a history of lining actors’ mantles with Emmys, cast Cooper Koch and Daytime Emmy-winner Nicholas Alexander Chavez as the titular brothers – Erik and Lyle, respectively.
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