{"id":1982984,"date":"2025-08-27T18:10:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1982984"},"modified":"2025-08-27T18:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:10:42","slug":"charlie-hunnam-is-ed-gein-in-monster-season-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/charlie-hunnam-is-ed-gein-in-monster-season-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Hunnam is Ed Gein in &#8216;Monster&#8217; Season 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span class=\"story_dl\">Aug. 27 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Charlie Hunnam is set to portray &#8220;the blueprint for modern horror,&#8221; serial killer Ed Gein, in the third chapter of the <i>Monster <\/i>anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>Monster: The Ed Gein Story <\/i>streams on Netflix beginning Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Netflix <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DN27V7IYhIU\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:released first-look posters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">released first-look posters<\/a> of Hunnam in his new role Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The first shows Hunnam&#8217;s Gein apparently screaming as he wields a chainsaw, while another shows him peeling a mask from his face. The third shows him with his head in a woman&#8217;s lap.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Charlie Hunnam arrives for the CinemaCon 2019 STXfilms red carpet in 2019. File Photo by James Atoa\/UPI<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;In the frozen fields of 1950s rural Wisconsin, a friendly, mild-mannered recluse named Eddie Gein lived quietly on a decaying farm &#8212; hiding a house of horrors so gruesome it would redefine the American nightmare,&#8221; an <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/monster-the-ed-gein-story-release-date-cast-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:official synopsis reads;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">official synopsis reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gein&#8217;s horrific acts of violence inspired such films as the 1960 classic <i>Psycho <\/i>and the 1991 film <i>The Silence of the Lambs<\/i>, Netflix said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to Hunnam, Season 3 also stars Suzanna Son, Tom Hollander, Laurie Metcalf, Vicky Krieps, Olivia Williams, Joey Pollari, Tyler Jacob Moore, Charlie Hall, Will Brill, Mimi Kennedy, Robin Weigert and Lesley Manville.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aug. 27 (UPI) &#8212; Charlie Hunnam is set to portray &#8220;the blueprint for modern horror,&#8221; serial killer Ed Gein, in the third chapter of the Monster anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan. 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