The real life serial killer who inspired classic cinema villains including Norman Bates, Leatherface and Buffalo Bill, Ed Gein will be the subject of the third season of Ryan Murphy’s Netflix anthology series “Monster,” and Variety brings us casting news this week.
Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne,” Scream 2) will play Ed Gein’s mother Augusta, while Tom Hollander is Alfred Hitchcock and Olivia Williams plays Alma Reville, Hitchcock’s wife.
Hitchcock of course directed Psycho, whose main character was based on Ed Gein and his horrific crimes. It seems “Monster” Season 3 will explore Gein’s connection to Hollywood.
Previously reported, Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy,” Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak) will be playing the role of Ed Gein in the upcoming third season of Netflix’s “Monster” series.
The outlet explains, “Each cycle of the Monster franchise intends to tackle a different true-crime story after the massive success of the 2022 debut about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.”
Known as “The Butcher of Plainfield,” Ed Gein was a grave robber and murderer who committed his monstrous crimes in the 1940s and the 1950s in Plainfield, Wisconsin.
Like the family in Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Gein turned human bones and skin into keepsakes and furniture, and even wore the skin of his victims.
Ed Gein has been portrayed on screen a few times over the years, with 1974’s Deranged starring Roberts Blossom (Home Alone) as Ezra Cobb, a character directly based on Gein.
Steve Railsback and Kane Hodder have also played Ed Gein on screen.
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