SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses plot developments from “Monster: The Ed Gein Story,” currently streaming on Netflix.
Vicky Krieps‘ role in “Monster: The Ed Gein Story” is a result of the series’ often fantastical storytelling. In the season premiere, Ed (Charlie Hunnam) is shown a comic book by his love interest Adeline (Suzanna Son) that features the deadly exploits of “The Bitch of Buchenwald,” Ilse Koch. Koch was a real-life Nazi war criminal, played here by Krieps, whose sick specialties include flaying the skin off of Jewish people and making objects out of it like lampshades. But taking the role was not an easy choice for Krieps, until co-showrunner Ryan
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