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Ryan Murphy is at it again, folks, and this time he’s brought actor Charlie Hunnam along for the ride. The television empire built up by the endlessly efficient writer\/producer\/showrunner extraordinaire spans the likes of “Glee,” “American\u00a0Horror Story,” “9-1-1,” and, of course, the recent “Monster” anthology series. After the true-crime show previously explored the depths of killers such as\u00a0Jeffrey Dahmer and\u00a0Erik and Lyle Menendez, this latest installment stars Hunnam as Ed Gein<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0a real-life villain no less monstrous, but one that the general public knows far less about (comparatively speaking, at least). That posed a bit of a challenge for the creative team, Hunnam included, though it also gave rise to as chilling and memorable a performance as any in his career thus far.<\/p>\n Days before all eight episodes of “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” premiered on Netflix, Variety<\/a> published an interview with Hunnam where he delved into his portrayal of the serial killer and grave-robber. Of the little that has been preserved about Gein, who was active up until his arrest in 1957, we do know that the notorious figure had a distinctive and unforgettable voice. Hunnam sought to bring this to life in the\u00a0Netflix series, which makes for one of the many early surprises in the premiere. According to Hunnam, a native of Northern\u00a0England, “The voice needed to be really specific. But I don’t think any of us really had an idea of what that was.”<\/p>\n That is, until Hunnam managed to get his hands on a rare recording that even the show’s “best researchers” couldn’t find.<\/p>\n