Cooper Koch and Nicholas Chavez discuss their takeaways from playing the Menendez brothers and the mixed reaction to 'Monsters' so far. [INTERVIEW]

This story contains mild spoilers to episode five, “The Hurt Man” in Monsters.] While Netflix true crime drama Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story arrived to mixed reviews and courted controversy over its portrayal of the of real-life convicted murderers,

Erik Menéndez wants to watch Cooper Koch's portrayal of him — specifically in the critically acclaimed episode The Hurt Man — despite publicly denouncing Ryan Murphy's Monsters. Koch, 28, recalled speaking with Menéndez,

"It was really, really powerful and emotional," says the actor who portrays the convicted murderer in the controversial Netflix series of the face-to-face meeting.

For each of the two days they shot The Hurt Man episode of Monsters, Cooper Koch performed four run throughs of the continuous shot (meaning he did it eight times in total). He described the experience as “exhausting.”

Netflix stars Cooper Koch and Ari Graynor break down what went into filming Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Episode 5.

Cooper Koch, the actor who played Erik Menendez in Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, said the Menendez brothers are “upstanding individuals” after he visited them in prison.