Charlie Hunnam to Star as ‘Psycho’ and ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Inspiration Ed Gein in ‘Monster’ Season 3

Samantha Bergeson
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Charlie Hunnam is joining the “Monster” cinematic universe.

The “Sons of Anarchy” and “King Arthur” actor has been cast as the serial killer Ed Gein for the coming third installment of Ryan Murphy’s “Monster” anthology series. Production will begin in October 2024.

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Gein was infamous for crafting clothing out of human skin from his victims. He confessed to the murders of two women and was suspected of killing seven others between 1947 and 1957. Gein was a grave robber, notorious for exhuming corpses from what was supposed to be their final resting place.

He’s already been, in some way, memorialized by Hollywood. Gein inspired the characters of Norman Bates in “Psycho” and Buffalo Bill in “Silence of the Lambs,” as well as Leatherface in “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”

The first “Monster” installment debuted on Netflix in 2022, with Evan Peters portraying Jeffrey Dahmer. It was a monster hit: Season 1 is the fourth most-watched show (in any language) in Netflix history.

“Monster” Season 2 will debut on Netflix on Thursday, September 19. Titled “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” the installment centers on the 1989 killings of José and Kitty Menendez, portrayed respectively by Javier Bardem and Chlo? Sevigny. Their sons Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch) Menendez were convicted of the murders. The brothers alleged they were victims of abuse.

“When you make a show like our first season ‘Dahmer,’ which was so unexpectedly successful, the thing that was our way in … was really about looking at who gets justice and different forms of social injustice,” Murphy said during a NYC premiere screening for Season 2. “And I felt the same way about this season. This season was about abuse. Who is believed, who’s not believed. … All the stuff in here, by the way, is true. We spent many, many, many years researching this. Things you really can’t make up, but the thing that I was struck by when Ian and I were working on it was … [the show is] really more interested in talking about how monsters are made, as opposed to born. Every season has that in common. This one certainly does, and we try to not have too much judgment about that, because we’re trying to understand why they did something, as opposed to the act of doing something.”

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