How Charlie Hunnam reinvented himself with 'Monster: The Ed Gein Story'

Set us as preferredBefore committing to a new role, English actor Charlie Hunnam reads the script up to five or six times. Intending to become “the world’s authority on Ed Gein,” the actor read numerous books on his character. AdvertisementHunnam as Ed Gein in “Monster.” That sensitivity is reflected in the adorable strategy Hunnam employed to detox from playing Gein throughout the production. “I was going and playing Ed Gein all day and then going back to my suite at the Four Seasons Hotel at night and playing with kittens for four hours,” he says smiling.