Cooper Koch and Nicholas Chavez discuss their takeaways from playing the Menendez brothers and the mixed reaction to 'Monsters' so far. [INTERVIEW]

"It was really, really powerful and emotional," says the actor who portrays the convicted murderer in the controversial Netflix series of the face-to-face meeting.

Netflix stars Cooper Koch and Ari Graynor break down what went into filming Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Episode 5.

Cooper Koch stars as Erik Menendez in Ryan Murphy's 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story', and the actor's brother Payton Koch said that he "did everything he could" to represent Erik and Lyle's story of abuse onscreen.

This story contains mild spoilers to episode five, “The Hurt Man” in Monsters.] While Netflix true crime drama Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story arrived to mixed reviews and courted controversy over its portrayal of the of real-life convicted murderers,

Erik Menéndez wants to watch Cooper Koch's portrayal of him — specifically in the critically acclaimed episode The Hurt Man — despite publicly denouncing Ryan Murphy's Monsters. Koch, 28, recalled speaking with Menéndez,

The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story', tells PEOPLE he "was so nervous" before meeting the brothers with Kim Kardashian

Remarkably, Cooper Koch held back any emotion when Ryan Murphy first told him that he got the part as Erik Menéndez in Netflix’s Monsters. But when Murphy revealed that Koch would have an entire episode to himself that would involve 34 pages of dialogue and one continuous shot,

In a jaw-dropping twist straight out of a Hollywood script, Cooper Koch, known for his portrayal of Erik Menendez in the Netflix series 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,' spills the beans on his uncanny connection with the real Erik Menendez and his surreal prison visit with none other than Kim Kardashian.