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‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’: Ella Beatty On Playing A Notorious Murder Suspect

Headline from Forbes, on the newest of 3 developments

Ella Beatty on preparing to play Lizzie Borden in Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’: “My job as the actress is to love her and be her advocate.”

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Developments in this update

3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

  1. ‘Monster’ and the Enduring Appeal of Lizzie Borden

    Headline from The Hollywood Reporter ·

  2. Look: Ella Beatty, Billie Lourd step out at Lizzie Borden 'Monster' premiere

    Headline from UPI ·

  3. Newest

    ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’: Ella Beatty On Playing A Notorious Murder Suspect

    Headline from Forbes ·

Reports & sources

23 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Boston Globe

    ‘Monster’ stars talk turning Lizzie Borden’s story into a ‘punk-rock period piece’ (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    Ella Beatty, Rebecca Hall, and Charlie Hunnam open up about starring in Netflix's "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story."

  2. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘Monster’ and the Enduring Appeal of Lizzie Borden (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan's new season of the hit Netflix true-crime anthology will focus on the infamous, unsolved Borden case from 1892.

  3. New York Post

    ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ premiere red carpet: Ella Beatty, Billie Lourd and more (opens New York Post)

    Published

    New York Post's feed description

    See all the celebs who posed on the red carpet.

  4. New York Post

    How to watch ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Season 4: Release date, cast (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Ryan Murphy's "Monster"-verse is expanding again.

  5. New York Post

    All about ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ star and nepo baby Ella Beatty (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Ryan Murphy loves casting nepo babies, and "Monster: The Lizzie Borden" story has Hollywood royalty at the center of its grisly murder show.

  6. Variety

    Netflix’s ‘Monster’ Finally Delivers an Outrageously Engaging Season With ‘The Lizzie Borden Story’: TV Review (opens Variety)

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    Variety's feed description

    “Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story,” the fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s “Monster” series, takes the anthology in a new and exciting direction with its first female killer. Set in Fall River, Massachusetts in the late 19th century, the show follows Lizzie Borden (an engaging Ella …

  7. The Guardian

    Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story review – it’s like Ryan Murphy’s new series was written by adolescent boys (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    The latest Monster instalment, about the 1892 Borden axe murders, is packed with periods and beheadings, and feels like it was made up as they went along Okaaay – here’s what I think must have happened. Some time in the past year or two, Ryan Murphy discovered that women menstruate.

  8. UPI

    Look: Ella Beatty, Billie Lourd step out at Lizzie Borden 'Monster' premiere (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Ella Beatty, Billie Lourd, Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Barden and other stars attended the premiere of Netflix series "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story."

  9. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Team on Painting a Portrait of Female Rage — and Leaning into Lesbian Theories (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Ella Beatty stars in the fourth season of Ryan Murphy's crime anthology series and the first one with a woman at the center.

  10. New York Post

    Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ On Netflix, Ryan Murphy’s Latest Lurid Retelling of an Iconic True Crime Story (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Ella Beatty, Vicky Krieps, Rebecca Hall and Charlie Hunnam star in the fourth installment of Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy's anthology series.

  11. The Oregonian

    How historically accurate is Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story?’ (opens The Oregonian)

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    The Oregonian's feed description

    'Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story' is taking some liberties with an infamous true crime tale

  12. New York Post

    ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Episode 2 Recap: When Doves Cry (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Scatology can serve a satirical purpose.

  13. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Review: Ryan Murphy’s Latest Netflix Serial Killer Saga Is Faux-Feminist Nonsense (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall and Vicky Krieps join lead Ella Beatty in co-creator Murphy and showrunner Ian Brennan's take on the infamous axe murderess.

  14. Forbes

    ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Butchered By Rotten Tomatoes Critics And Audiences (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Rotten Tomatoes' reviews are in for "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story," and like previous seasons of creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Netflix true-crime anthology series, critics and audiences have an axe to grind.

  15. The Hollywood Reporter

    ‘Monster’ Creator Ian Brennan Shares 10-Season Plan and Dives Into First Female Serial Killer Season With Wild ‘Lizzie Borden Story’ (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    The Hollywood Reporter's feed description

    Brennan peels back the curtain into his and Ryan Murphy's 'Monster' selection process, how they landed on the infamous female axe murderer for season four and why she's the most sympathetic subject yet of their hit Netflix true-crime anthology.

  16. Auto Straddle

    ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Maybe Should Have Axed Everything but the Gay Stuff (opens Auto Straddle)

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    Auto Straddle's feed description

    Let's just say it was not the feminist masterpiece Ian Brennan apparently thought he had on his hands.

  17. Biography

    What Netflix’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story Gets Right and Wrong About the Borden Murders (opens Biography)

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    Biography's feed description

    The hit series leans into female rage, but the real 1892 murders remain far less certain.

  18. Time

    Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story Has Nothing New to Say About Female Rage (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    In conflating female murderers from across history, Ryan Murphy's Netflix true-crime anthology comes to maddeningly simplistic conclusions

  19. Forbes

    ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’: Ella Beatty On Playing A Notorious Murder Suspect (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Ella Beatty on preparing to play Lizzie Borden in Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’: “My job as the actress is to love her and be her advocate.”

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