the 2025 Golden Globe It was a big night for Monsters – despite not winning any awards – after helping to renew interest in it Eric and Lyle MenendezMurder case.

Monsters Nominated Sunday, January 5 for Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television, and Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series for Cooper CottageEric’s performance and Best Supporting Actor – Television for Javier BardemPerform as Jose Menendez. Bardem He lost his class to Tadanobu Asano from shogun, Koch lost to Colin Farrell to Penguin and Reindeer baby beat Monsters.

Season 2 of the hit Netflix series premiered in September, and it dated Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and the arrest of Eric (Koch) in 1990 on charges of murdering their parents, Jose (Bardem) and Kitty (Chloe Sevigny). Inspired by trial footage and subsequent interviews, Monsters Key moments reversed From the siblings’ lives before and after they were sentenced to life without parole for shooting their mother and father.

“I auditioned and watched the demo videos for the first time,” the 28-year-old Koch said. GQ Australia In December 2024 he expressed his dedication to this role. I was very impressed and believed them immediately. That’s when I saw all the similarities and became very obsessed with the case and its story.

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Koch recalls that he had auditioned to play Eric in two other high-profile projects before MonstersAdding: “I’ve been recording, recording, auditioning, auditioning, for seven years. Then you finally get what is supposed to happen.

Episodes 4 and 5 received critical and fan praise for their presentation He approached Eric and Lyle’s claims That they killed their parents in self-defense after years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse. However, the show has received backlash for other errors About the Menendez brothersIncluding the implication that they were in a sexual relationship.

“I thought we went beyond the lies and portrayal of Lyle’s destructive character, and created a caricature of Lyle rooted in the outrageous and blatant lies that are rampant on the show,” said a statement from Eric, now 53, which was shared via Lyle’s Facebook page in September. “I can only believe they did it on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy could not be so naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives to do this without ill intent.”

Eric He wasn’t thrilled about how He and Lyle, now 56, were photographed.

“It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest depiction of the tragedies surrounding our crime has taken the painful facts back several steps — back in time to an era in which prosecutors built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused,” Eric’s statement continued. “Rape traumatizes women differently.” These terrible lies have been disrupted and exposed by countless brave victims over the past two decades who have broken through their personal shame and courageously spoken out. So Murphy now crafts his own terrible narrative by portraying the vile, horrific character of Lyle and Me and the disheartening slander. Is the truth not enough?

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While the Creator Ryan Murphy He stood by See the written offerKoch showed his support for Eric.

“I’m very hopeful that we can correct this injustice and address this long and devastating trauma,” Koch told GQ magazine last month. “If I had anything to do with it, I’m very happy. But there are a lot of people working behind the scenes who are really helping.

Eric and Lyle are currently awaiting their next court date after the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office recommended re-sentencing. After renewed public interest from Monsters And the Netflix documentary The Menendez brothers.