Monsters’ stars on the Menendez brothers’ ‘next chapter’

May 30, 2025 10:11 AM PT

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“I think you always carry some symbol of the character with you; you’re always married to it in some way,” Nicholas Alexander Chavez told The Times on the latest episode of The Envelope Video Podcast.

Chavez and “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” co-star Cooper Koch talked about playing the Menendez Brothers in the series and Koch shared that he stays in touch with Erik Menendez.

“I just think he’ll always be a part of my life,” Koch said.

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Yvonne Villarreal

Yvonne Villarreal is a senior television writer for the Calendar section and co-host of “The Envelope” podcast.

Mark E. Potts

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

Yadira Flores

Yadira Flores is a video editor for the Los Angeles Times who joined the newsroom through Metpro in November 2017. Flores graduated with a bachelor of science in filmmaking and has edited online content for Amazon, the American Cinema Editors, FilmLight, Emmy Primecuts and Moviola. She hails from El Paso, Texas.