‘Monsters’ Star Ari Graynor on Playing Attorney Leslie Abramson and Wanting to Meet the ‘Extraordinary’ Menendez Brothers: ‘I Would Love to Get to Hug Them One Day’

Ari Graynor didn’t reach out to the real Leslie Abramson while preparing for her role as the legendary defense attorney in Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

“I knew that she had made it pretty clear that she never wanted to speak about any of her cases.” Graynor tells Variety. “You’ll notice that in all of the documentaries or programs that have been made, she’s never interviewed. She really took a step back, I think, not only because this case in particular was so painful for her, but she also did not mince words about the media and its effects on things.”

Abramson published a memoir,

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