Monsters’ Cooper Koch had a “crazy day” after being nominated for a Golden Globe
Cooper Koch already knows who he will wear to the 82nd Golden Globes on January 5. “I can give you a hint. I have worn them before,” he said Vanity fair. He’ll be dressing up for his first Golden Globes appearance after earning a nomination for his role Erik Menendez in Netflix Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez in the category of Best Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. “I am very grateful and humbled,” he said. “Oh my God, what a crazy day.”
The actor was lying in bed in his hometown of Los Angeles when he heard that he had been nominated for the 2025 Golden Globes. “I wanted to take a nap and hoped to wake up to the sound of my phone ringing, but then I couldn’t sleep. ,” he said. “So I went live and we watched it, and then I started getting nervous. My body was like, You have to wake up. Koch watches the news with his partner, a documentary filmmaker Stuart McClave. “We just hugged and hugged each other, which was really sweet,” the actor said.
Despite being new to the industry, Koch was nominated alongside established actors such as Colin Farrell because Penguin, Oscar winner Kevin Kline because disclaimer, Ewan McGregor because A gentleman in Moscow, Andrew Scott because Ripley, and first-time nominees Richard Gadd for Netflix Baby reindeer. “Let’s talk about imposter syndrome,” he says with a laugh. “It’s crazy. These people are crazy talented…. Their show was amazing and their performance was amazing.” He’s also happy to not be the only LGBTQ actor in his category. “Me and Andrew Scott. Is he gay?” Koch said. “You have to have some gay men as leads for a limited drama category.”
Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez chronicles the trial and media frenzy surrounding Erik and Lyle Menendez, The Beverly Hills brothers were convicted of first-degree murder for the deaths of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez. The film stars Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chávez as Erik and Lyle, received multiple Golden Globe nominations, including best limited series, anthology series or motion picture made for television, and best supporting actor for Javier BardemIt’s Jose Menendez’s turn. “Ryan [Murphy] texted me and sent a very sweet message, and I think Javier texted me too,” Koch said about the love he received from his partner. Monster family.
Since the series took Netflix by storm this fall, there has been real movement in the case of the Menendez brothers. The pair were sentenced to life in prison for murder in 1996. They appealed their sentences multiple times and were denied, but in October, the former L.A. district attorney George Gascon announced that the DA’s office would respond to the brothers’ habeas petition – arguing that there was two new pieces of evidence in the case. Their potential outrage becomes a little more complicated when Gascón was defeated by his tough-on-crime opponent in the November election for Los Angeles DA Nathan Hochman. However, the sentencing hearing is scheduled for January 30 or January 31.
Koch wholeheartedly supported the Menendez brothers, even visiting them in prison shortly after the film’s release. Although his days of playing Menendez’s brother are over, Koch still closely follows the trial. “We still have to wait until the end of January for a new sentencing hearing, so I’m still waiting for that to happen and I’m very excited and hopeful,” he said. He hopes that the attention from the Golden Globes will help their case. “Now we have another platform and another opportunity to be able to support them and talk about them, which I’m very, very excited about and happy, if not happiest about, about it. ” he said.
About what he’s doing now Monster behind him, Koch was not so sure. “I’m very strategic and very picky because I don’t want to do anything,” he said. “I wanted to do something really special and I wanted to try in my career to only do projects that I felt really passionate about and compelled to do. I was so excited and eager to know what it was. I just don’t know what it is yet.”
