Laurie Metcalf, Tom Hollander, and Olivia Williams have been added to the cast of season 3 of Netflix series ‘Monster.’
The trio join the previously announced Charlie Hunnam who wakes on the role of Ed Gein, the man who served as one of the inspirations for Norman Bates and Hitchcock’s film ‘Psycho.’ It is reported that Metcalf will play Gein’s mother, Augusta, while Hollander will play Alfred Hitchcock and Williams will play Alma Reville, Hitchcock’s wife.
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Gein became infamous in the 1950s when it was discovered that he not only had killed multiple people but had dug up graves from a cemetery near his home and crafted all manner of household items and clothing from the human remains.
The anthology series debuted in 2022 with Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer and Niecey Nash as Glenda Cleveland in ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer story. Season 2 of the series, which tells the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez and the murder of their parents, was released on September 19, 2024.
