‘Monster’ Season 2 Casts Javier Bardem, Chloë Sevigny as Parents of Menéndez Brothers
variety.comJoe Otterson TV Reporter Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny have joined “Monster” Season 2 at Netflix, Variety has learned. The two A-listers join previously announced stars Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez in the upcoming season of the anthology series, which will focus on the Menéndez brothers.
The season is officially titled “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story” and is slated to debut later in 2024. Erik (Koch) and Lyle Menéndez (Chavez) were convicted of the murders of their parents, José (Bardem) and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez (Sevigny), in 1996.
Authorities argued the brothers committed the murders to inherit their father’s fortune, while the brothers maintained that they killed their parents after years of mental and physical abuse. “Monster” was co-created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.
Both serve as executive producers along with Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, David McMillan, Louise Shore, and Carl Franklin.
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