Charlie Hunnam worried Ed Gein role was 'a horrible mistake'
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Charlie Hunnam and ‘Monster’ Cast Address ‘Ed Gein’ Criticism and the Dark Appeal of True Crime
The Netflix anthology's co-creator Ian Brennan refutes that the series glamorizes the murders: "I don't think this season is sensational at all. I think it's sensationally good," he told THR.
Charlie Hunnam has faced backlash for comments made about the serial killer he portrays in Netflix's latest Monster series
It was no small feat for Charlie Hunnam to transform into a serial killer for the new season of Monster. In the third iteration of the hit Netflix series, the actor, 45, plays infamous murderer Ed Gein — who went on a killing spree in the 1950s and robbed graves to use human remains to craft household items and clothing.
British actor Charlie Hunnam stars as the titular Ed Gein, a massive shift for a performer best known as the protagonist Jax Teller in the drama series “Sons of Anarchy.” Here, Hunnam shares scenes with Laurie Metcalf as Gein’s mother, an overbearing and religious woman eerily similar to the backstory given to Mrs. Bates in “Psycho.”
Charlie Hunnam went to extreme lengths to perfect his bizarre Ed Gein accent for the new season of Netflix's Monster.
Focusing on the figure who inspired 'Psycho,' 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre' and more, the latest installment in the anthology series also features Laurie Metcalf and Tom Hollander.
Here's what happened to various Wisconsin sites associated with Ed Gein, the focus of season three of Netflix's "Monster" series.