Monsters' Cooper Koch reacts to fans wanting him to play alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione
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Cooper Koch, the star of Ryan Murphy series Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menéndez, revealed whether he would be interested in portraying Luigi Mangione in an upcoming project. When asked about his fans' pleas for him to play the 26-year-old Ivy League grad, who was charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the actor, 28, admitted that he's not currently interested in playing another accused killer.
![[Still, he admitted he found the online chatter 'hilarious' and 'can see' the physical resemblance between him and Mangione (seen earlier this month)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/22/93295149-0-image-a-50_1734562206153.jpg)
'I think I have to take a departure from the crime scenes and do something else,' the Swallowed actor told Entertainment Tonight on Tuesday. Still, he admitted he found the online chatter 'hilarious' and 'can see' the physical resemblance between him and Mangione.
![[At this time, two high-profile documentaries about Luigi Mangione are in the works as America's fascination with the alleged assassin continues to grow; Mangione pictured last week]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/22/93251117-0-At_this_time_two_high_profile_documentaries_about_Luigi_Mangione-m-51_1734562289561.jpg)
Before rising to fame in his latest role portraying Erik Menéndez, 53, in Ryan Murphy‘s Monsters, Koch had auditioned to play Erik 'seven years ago for the Law & Order series and for the Lifetime movie.'. 'I got to the final rounds in both and I ultimately didn’t get it. But I felt like I had to play this part,' he told GQ Australia earlier this month. 'I got the audition [for Monsters] and I watched the trial videos for the first time.'.
![[Anonymous Content and Jigsaw Prods recently confirmed to Variety that they are pursuing a series on the case, while producer Stephen Robert Morse is also creating a show; Mangione pictured this month]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/18/22/93294731-0-image-a-52_1734562316991.jpg)
Cooper Koch, the star of Ryan Murphy series Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez, revealed whether he would be interested in portraying Luigi Mangione in an upcoming project. After researching the Menéndez brothers' case, in which they were sentenced to life behind bars for their parents' murders in March 1990, Koch said he 'was so moved' and 'believed them immediately.'.
