Nicholas Chavez left GH after getting a role in a Ryan Murphy series for Netflix. The streamer just dropped the premiere date. Get all the details.
GH Alum Nicholas Chavez Lands Another Huge Role
News broke in June 2023 that General Hospital star Nicholas Chavez had been cast in Season 2 of Ryan Murphy’s Monsters anthology series on Netflix. Season 1 detailed the crimes and conviction of cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer. Season 2 explores brothers Lyle and Erik Menedez murdering their wealthy parents in 1989. The case has captivated the nation for over three decades.
What was first called a leave of absence from the daytime soap opera quickly became a total exit after Nicholas Chavez’s star continued to rise.
The popular actor will star in another Ryan Murphy production coming to television next month. Nicholas Chavez co-stars in the FX’s horror series Grotesquerie. Other stars include Niecy Nash-Betts, Courtney B. Vance, and NFL star Travis Kelce in his first acting role.
The limited series kicks off on Wednesday, September 25, at 10 PM Eastern on the FX channel. It will be available to stream on Hulu the next day. Check out the creepy trailer below.
The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Cast Details
Nicholas Chavez joined General Hospital as Spencer Cassadine in 2021. He won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Performer in 2022. Spencer was presumed dead after plunging into the Seine in late January on the daytime sudser. The show has yet to recast the role.
The actor plays Lyle Menendez in the upcoming Netflix series. Cooper Koch takes on the role of Lyle’s brother, Erik. After two trials, both men were eventually convicted of murdering their parents. They are currently in the process of appealing the convictions after presenting new evidence of their innocence.
Several veteran actors round out the star-studded cast. Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny play Lyle and Erik’s parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. Nathan Lane plays Dominick Dunne, the journalist who heavily covered the trial. Ari Gaynor appears as the famous lawyer, Leslie Abramson, who represented Lyle and Erik. Click here to read more of the star-studded cast list.
Monsters Netflix Premiere Date
GH fans and fans of true crime have been anxiously awaiting the Season 2 premiere date. Netflix revealed this week that Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story premieres in less than a month.
The series premieres on Netflix on Thursday, September 19. Are you excited to see Nicholas Chavez as Lyle Menendez? Sound off in the comments.
Jennifer Havener grew up in a small town in Upstate New York. She earned her B.A in Writing & Literature from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She always knew watching reality TV shows and soap operas, particularly ‘Days of Our Lives’, would come in handy someday. When she’s not writing, she’s playing with her dogs, Lola and Ruger
