World Courant
Charlie Hunnam will star in “Monster” Season 3 at Netflix as infamous serial killer Ed Gein.
Collection co-creator Ryan Murphy made the announcement onstage throughout a promotional occasion in Los Angeles for “Monster” Season 2, which focuses on the Menendez brothers and the homicide of their dad and mom. The primary season of the anthology sequence centered on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
Gein, who additionally hailed from Wisconsin like Dahmer, grew to become notorious within the Fifties when authorities found that he not solely had killed a number of individuals, however had dug up graves from a cemetery close to his dwelling and original all method of home items and clothes from human stays . Gein’s case served as an inspiration for a number of main popular culture characters in a while, together with Norman Bates in “Psycho” and Buffalo Invoice in “Silence of the Lambs.”
This marks the most recent newly introduced TV position for Hunnam. It was reported in Could that he’s set to star within the upcoming sequence “Felony” at Amazon. He’s finest identified for starring within the in style FX outlaw biker drama “Sons of Anarchy,” on which he performed Jackson “Jax” Teller for seven seasons. He just lately starred within the Apple sequence adaptation of the e-book “Shantaram.” Hunnam’s different TV credit embody “Undeclared” and “Queer as People,” whereas his movie credit embody “Pacific Rim,” “The Gents,” “True Historical past of the Kelly Gang,” “Insurgent Moon – Half One: A Youngster of Fireplace ,” and “The Misplaced Metropolis of Z.”
He’s repped by Brillstein Leisure Companions, CAA, and Sloan Supply.
“Monster” initially debuted on Netflix in 2022. The primary season obtained widespread acclaim, notably for the performances of Evan Peters as Dahmer and Niecey Nash as Glenda Cleveland. Peters received a Golden Globe for the present, whereas Nash received an Emmy. It at present ranks because the third most-watched present in Netflix historical past.
Season 2 is ready to debut Thursday, Sept. 19. Nicholas Alexander Chavez and Cooper Koch star as Lyle and Erik Menendez, whereas Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny play their dad and mom. Murphy and Ian Brennan co-created the sequence and government produced together with Bardem, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Scott Robertson, David McMillan, Louise Shore and Carl Franklin. Episodic administrators embody Brennan, Franklin, Max Winkler, Paris Barclay and Michael Uppendahl, whereas writers embody Murphy, Brennan, David McMillan, Todd Kubrak and Reilly Smith.
