Lyle Menendez congratulated Cooper Koch on Emmy nod from prison

Cooper Koch has just received an immense honor: an appointment to the Emmy for his performance by Erik Menendez on Monsters: the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez. But he also obtained validation following the head sign in the form of accessories of one of the subjects holding the series: Lyle Menendez.

“I spoke to Lyle today. He called to send his congratulations and was very, very sweet,” Koch revealed Tuesday Weekly entertainment podcast The winner.

“It was jealous that I was in Wimbledon this weekend,” Koch said. “He was so sweet … and they are doing very well.”

The cost of cost on Monsterswith which he shared General hospital Former Nicholas Alexander Chavez, who played Lyle, transformed Koch’s career. He had already appeared in horror movies on a small scale Swallowed And TheyTwo episodes of the Starz series Power Book II: GhostAnd a clip by Hannah Montana 2010. He is now joining Colin Farrell, Stephen Graham, Jake Gyllenhaal and Brian Tyree Henry in competition for the exceptional main actor in a limited series or a cinema price during the most prestigious award ceremony in the television industry.

Koch said there was “no question” that the role of Erik Menendez in the Ryan Murphy series co-created for Netflix changed his life. In a video published Tuesday on the Instagram stories of his own twin brother, Payton Koch, the Koch Extended clan and the actor’s partner, Stuart McClave, strengthen him and kiss him as his name is called.

“I was so nervous. It’s just a terrible morning. You are so anxious and you just play this game with yourself,” what do you know? It’s good anyway. It’s good. I’m going to die one day and no one will remember or don’t care if I had an appointment to the Emmy or not, “he joked. But the” best part of it was to have the opportunity to be part of this program and tell this story and embody this person who I care so deeply. ”

Koch previously discussed the relationship he forged with the brothers, who were condemned for life without parole in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez (represented in the series by Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny). Since knowledge and apprentice [California Governor] Gavin Newsom went on the way of the leniency and defending them in this way, was really positive. I spoke with Erik last week, and he is always very nervous, but also really full of hope and excited. I’m the same. “”

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Koch echoed this feeling in the episode of Tuesday of The La LateurReflecting at the end of his time by playing Erik, “it’s a bit like the end of an era with her, and what a great way to put it in bed

The Menendez brothers called on their sorrows on the decades, they have been incarcerated. Although these attempts did not succeed, a judge sentenced the brothers to life prison with The possibility of parole in May, by cleaning a path for their possible release. They will plead their cases to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Cultime Board on August 21 and 22.

Although Koch cannot attend because of a production conflict, he notes: “The whole family will be there to support them, and therefore the fingers, the toes, all my members are crossed that day augurs well for them.”

You can listen to the rest of the Koch interview on The La Lateur Podcast above.