Actor Cooper Koch received his first Emmy nomination on Tuesday for his portrayal of Erik Menendez in the Ryan Murphy series, Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. Yet according to the 29-year-old actor, who is up for Outstanding Lead Actor, the moment was made that much sweeter when he received a call from Lyle Menendez himself to congratulate him. Koch told Entertainment Weekly’s The Awardist podcast that Lyle left a “very, very sweet” in a call from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, where he was transferred in 2018 to be with Erik. Both brothers have been behind bars for 35 years after they were convicted of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty, in 1989. Originally sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole, a judge resentenced the brothers to 50 years in prison on May 13. The brothers will face a parole board in August. The semi-biographical Monsters series has received a total of 11 nominations, including nominations for actors Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny. “I could not have done it without any of them,” Koch told The Hollywood Reporter. “I owe all of my work and the scenes and everything that came out to them.”
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