Before Monsters, Cooper was best known for his supporting roles in projects like the Starz series Power Book II: Ghost, the 2020 movie A New York Christmas Wedding, and the 2022 Peacock thriller They/Them. He also starred alongside Jena Malone in the 2022 body-horror movie Swallowed.

Erik Menendez, who, along with his older brother Lyle was convicted of killing their parents, called Ryan Murphy's "Monsters" "dishonest."

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ fictionalizes the true story of two brothers who killed their parents in 1989. See the ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ cast side-by-side with their real-life counterparts.

Chloë Sevigny also stars in the nine-part follow-up to 'Dahmer — Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,' this time chronicling the infamous 1989 murders of a couple by their two sons.

Netflix tapped some big-time actors to tell the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez. Here's who's who in Monsters.

Menéndez called its portrayals of his brother and him "vile and appalling" and deemed the series "disheartening slander."

Real-life Menendez brother, Erik, has weighed in on Ryan Murphy’s depiction of his past crimes in the new Netflix series, "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” In an online statement posted via his wife Tammi Menendez’s X account,

Some viewers slammed the series for portraying brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted for killing their parents, as lovers.

The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is being talked about globally, although nit every talk has been positive. While some are appreciating the content, a section of the audience is blaming the Ryan Murphy show for not showing the truth.