Actor Cooper Koch recently gave fans the naked truth about his full-frontal shower scene in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The 28-year-old actor stars as Erik Menendez in the Ryan Murphy-created series, which quickly hit number one on Netflix after its release. In one particularly revealing moment, Koch’s character gets, well, squeaky clean in a prison shower.
And now, in a not-so-subtle flex, Koch confirmed he left nothing to the imagination while filming that steamy scene. During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the Bravo king of shade himself ranked Hollywood’s “top five most iconic full-frontal moments.”
Koch, clearly ready to chime in, made sure everyone knew that what you see is what you get: “Just to say, mine was not a prosthetic.” Cue Cohen, who without missing a beat, quipped, “That was going to be my next question. Congratulations, Cooper. You’re very blessed, aren’t you?”
Without a hint of bashfulness, Koch grinned and responded, “Well hung,” leaving the audience in stitches. Now that’s confidence!
In Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, the follow-up to Ryan Murphy’s hit series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Koch and company tackle the infamous Menendez brothers case, where Erik and his brother Lyle were convicted for murdering their parents in 1989. While there’s no shortage of drama and courtroom tension, clearly, the shower scene managed to, um, make a splash with viewers.
But not everyone is thrilled with Murphy’s take on the story. Erik Menendez, currently serving a life sentence with Lyle at California’s RJ Donovan Correctional Facility, called the series “disheartening slander.” To be fair, it’s probably not on his prison Netflix queue.
Murphy, though, is standing by his creative choices. He told Entertainment Tonight, “I think it’s interesting that Erik made a statement without even watching the show. I hope he gets a chance to tune in.” If you’re listening, Erik, maybe catch the series – or at least that shower scene – and give us your thoughts.
Murphy emphasized that Monsters aims to balance the drama with the real-life horror of the alleged abuse the brothers suffered at the hands of their father. “We spent three years researching it,” he said. “All of that is true.”
And apparently, so is everything in that shower scene.