Erik Menendez’s ‘Emotional’ Meeting With Actor Who Plays Him

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The actor portraying Erik Menendez in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story said he had a “powerful” and “emotional” face-to-face prison visit with him, despite the convicted murderer brothers’ criticism of the show.

Cooper Koch, who plays the younger Menendez brother, told the Hollywood Reporter that he and Erik recognized each other almost immediately. “We walked in the gymnasium, and the first person that I saw was Erik. And we locked eyes, and he smiled and I smiled, and we hugged each other,” he said.

Both brothers, according to the actor, “were so kind, and they’re so normal” later adding that “they’re both incredible people.”

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