Charlie Hunnam explained how he was able to sympathize with notorious serial killer Ed Gein (gine) just enough to play him convincingly on the new season of Monster..
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Direct from Hollywood. Charlie Hunham plays at serial killer At
Geen in the new season of Monster, whose true story
and crimes have some of the most disturbing details imaginable.
Gean certainly lived up to the name of the show Monster,
but Charlie was focused on finding a way to play
him that brought him to life in a realistic way.
(00:22):
Telling variety, you have to have an enormous amount of
empathy for any character that you play to be able
to inhabit them. Because as despicable as Ed was, I
had to find the human in there. I could certainly
see the accusation being leveled at me that I was
too sensitive toward him and let him off the hook
(00:42):
a bit too much. Charlie is also surprisingly not a
fan of horror movies or shows, adding my hope is,
although I clearly don't understand the function of these types
of stories, I understand that people are very drawn to them.
That's Charlie Hunnam starring in Monster The Ed Geen Story,
which is now streaming unn Netflix. That's direct from Hollywood.
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