Charlie Hunnam Unmasks His Transformation Information Ed Gein for ‘Monster,’ Reveals Sarah Paulson’s Advice

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IT’s FALL, SO THAT MEANS ANOTHER SEASON OF Monster from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Anthology Series Is Upon Upons, and this Time, The Horror Series Follows the Life of the Infamous Serial Killer Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre an The Silence of the Lambs.

For the Show to Land, Everything Falls on the Performance of It Title Character, Played by Charlie Hunnam. To Step Into The World of Ed, and Try to Understand Him, The Sons of Anarchy Star SPENT MONTHS Researching The Murder to DO HIS ROLE JUSTICE AND NOT “GLAMORIZE” The Horrific Things Ed Is Known for, Such As Murdering Women, Wearing Their Faces and Diging.

“I Read Every Single Book That Had Been Written About Him, and There Was A Lot of Books. I Read All of the Court Transctions, All of His Medical Records A Human Being to DO SOME OF THE PRETTY Wild Things He Did – Pretty DesPicable Acts, “Hunnam Told The Hollywood Reporter Earlier this Week at the Series’ New York City Premiere. “We Were Really Very Serious About Trying to Understand The Man and not Just Sensationalize this, and Certainly not Glamorize It All.”

While Preparing for the ROLE, HE SAID HE DIDNN’T SEEK OUT ADVICE from Evan Peters, Who Starred As Jeffrey Dahmer in The FIRST SEASON OF Monster, Because they have Never Crossed Paths. Institute, He Found Help from Another American Horror Story Veteran.

“I’ve Never Met Evan Peters. I’M Anormous Fan of His Work. I would love to get to meet HIM, but I NEVER HAD An Opportunity to. I DID BUMP INTO SARAH PAAN Some Pretty Dark Characters and She’s An Old Friend of Mine From Way Back in The Day, ”Hunnam Said. “SO I Asked Her Advice About Navigating It and She Was Really Kind and Basical SAID, ‘CHALLENGE YOURSELF.

The Series Kicks Off With Viewers Seeing Ed Kill His Brother Henry (Hudson Oz), But Not Realizing Itt Until Later Because of His Undiagrahno just murdered. Once His Mother, Augusta (Laurie Metcalf) Finds Out Her Son Is Dead, She Have A Stroke and Later Dies. All of this Leads to Become Secluded in Plainfield, Wisconsin, Whore The Murders Ramp Up. As Hunnam Describes, “It’s Really About Mental Health and The ConsequenCes of Abuse and Isalation.”

His Dedication to Portraying Ed Was Praized by Co-Star Suzanna Son, Who Plays Ed’s Love Interest in the Show, The Very Morbidly Curies Adeline Watkins. “What a gift to work alongside Charlie. He was in Character, I would say 80 Percent of the Time, and that Made My Job All The Easier Because He’s Building The World for ME, SA.

Tyler Jacob Moore, Who Portrays the Real-Life Scheriff Schley Who Arrested Ed in 1957, Added, “The First Day Was Shocking Voice, his Demeanor, ”Moore Told Thr. “I was just genuinely shocked. HIM BEING ED IN TOUSE Moments Was Horrifying.”

Similarly, Brennan Also Told Thr About How Hunnam Broght “A Deep Sense of Care” for the Character. “From the very first time i sat down with him, I was like, ‘this guy is attaccking it from the right ange.’ He was Very Much not interested in just playing a villain or a goul. “IT’s Just A Spectacular Performance. There’s A Moment in Episode Seven, Which Was Just One Take, and IT Completely Makes The Whole Show.” While It Wasn’t Clear What Exact Scene Brennan Was Referring to, There is a Pivotal Moment in Episode Seven Ed Is Finally Diagnod with Schizophrenia.

Brennan (Mastermind Behind Glee, Scream Queens, Hollywood, The Watcher), who wrote all the episodes and co-Directed It with Max Winkler, Previoously Told Thr in an interview publized in august that this season of Monster Was the one he was most impressed with creating. “IT’s A Really Rich, Very Weird, Extremely Upsetting, Very Emotion, Deeply Funny Season of Television. I Think It’s The MOST IMPRESSIVE Season of Television.

All eight episodes of Monster: The Ed Gein Story Are now Streaming on Netflix.