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Cooper Koch reveal what Lyle Menéndez told him after his nomination Emmy.
Nominations for the Emmy 2025 Awards Published on Tuesday, July 15, with Koch, 29, receiving a goal in the excellent lead actor in a limited series category or an anthology for its performance as Erik Menéndez At Netflix’s Monsters.
“I spoke to Lyle today. He called to send his congratulations and was very sweet, very,” Koch revealed on Entertainment weekly“The referee” podcast. “He was jealous that I was in Wimbledon this weekend. He was so sweet, so sweet…. And they are doing very well.”
Koch admitted that he was “so nervous”For the nominations, adding,“ It’s just a terrible morning. You’re so anxious and you just play that game with yourself, you know what? It’s right either way. It’s okay. I’m going to die one day and no one is going to remember or worry if I had an Emmy nomination or not. ‘”
Ryan Murphy’s monster has highlighted some of the most famous crime cases – and triggered a backlash along the way. The first season ended in 2022 and sang around the Portrait of Evan Peters of Jeffrey Dahmer. Monster, who also starred Niecy Nash, came on fire after Dahmer’s victims’ family revealed that they were not consulted about (…)
The actor concluded: “(but the best part about this thing was to have the opportunity to be part of this show and tell this story and only embed this person that I am so deeply worried about.”
Monsters was performed for the first time in September 2024, Revisit the Menéndez family play. In the months since then, Koch has supported Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, who were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of their parents in 1989. The brothers have claimed to have killed their mother and father in defending themselves following years of alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
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Kim Kulish/Sygma via Getty Images“I was moved so and believed them immediately. That’s when I found all the similarities I became quite obsessed with the case and with their story,” Koch told Australia’s GQ in December 2024. “I tapped and tapped, audition and audition, for seven years.
Koch revealed that he was so interested in Play Erik he heard For several projects associated with the Menéndez brothers.
“The reason he has been with me for so long is because I heard his play seven years ago for the Law and order Series and for the Lifetime Movie, ”he said, referring to 2017’s Law and order of true crime and Menendez: Blood brothers.
According to Koch, he nearly landed the role of both times. “I reached the last rounds in both and eventually I didn’t get it. But I felt I had to play this part,” he remembered. “I got the audition (for monsters) and watched the trial videos for the first time.”
The story of Monsters Netflix: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez worked hard to make the cast similar to its real life counterparts. The limited 10-episode series, which will be released on September 19, follows Lyle and Erik Menéndez, convicted of the murder of their parents in 1989. The brothers and sisters admitted to the crime and claimed to have killed (…)
More recently, Koch spoke out after Erik and Lyle were re -appointed to 50 years live.
“I’m so grateful that happened,” Koch told Diversity in May. “And so also Erik, I spoke to him yesterday and it’s so exciting.”
Koch said “the most inspirational thing” He heard by Erik including his plans For a lifetime outside the prison following a decision by the Parole Board.
“He’s going to be an advocate for other people with a lwop, a life without parole,” Koch explained for Erik’s hopes to make “a lot of change” in the prison system. “His life is going to surround making a change in the prison system, and I think that’s so beautiful.”
