General Hospital Alum Nicholas Alexander Chavez Set for ‘Monsters’ Debut

After nearly a year of waiting, General Hospital fans can finally see Nicholas Alexander Chavez bring killer Lyle Menendez to life this week in Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

The story of the Menendez brothers told on Netflix

The highly anticipated second season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series Monster releases on Netflix at midnight PT on September 19. Chavez, who played Spencer Cassadine on GH from 2022 to 2024, joins Cooper Koch, Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny to tell the story of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

The brothers rose to fame in 1989 when their parents were killed in their Beverly Hills home. In 1996, Lyle and Erik were convicted of murdering their parents.

Chavez shares his enthusiasm

On Monday, September 16, Chavez attended the Los Angeles red carpet premiere Monsters and I spoke with Entertainment Tonight about how he prepared to take on the role of a real person convicted of a horrific crime.

“There’s a lot of information and also a lot of information we don’t have, and that’s your job as an artist,” Chavez said.

The actor makes his debut in another Ryan Murphy project on September 25 on FX. GrotesquerieChavez was asked what he would choose for his next series.

“I couldn’t have dreamed of a bigger dream than to be on Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez“It’s a good show,” Chavez enthused.

Chavez also shared some additional footage from the scene Monsters on Instagram with a simple caption: “Oh Lord, here we come.”

A future at the general hospital for Chavez?

When news broke in the fall of 2023 that Chavez had landed his Monsters As for his role, the actor was only supposed to take a break from GH and his role as Spencer. In January of this year, Spencer was presumed dead after Esme injected him with a drug and the two characters dove off a boat into the Seine.

Spencer and Esme were presumed dead, and Spencer’s girlfriend Trina was forced to grieve and move on without him. In May, Chavez took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce that he had officially left the soap world.

Chavez did, however, admit that there was always a possibility he could return to GH later.

“While there are currently no plans to return, we are still very openly discussing future possibilities for Spencer in Port Charles,” Chavez tweeted.

It remains to be seen whether Chavez will ever reprise Spencer, but for now, his fans can see him in two completely different roles in Monsters And Grotesquerie.

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