"If people are compelled to talk about it and think about it, hopefully they’ll actually be compelled to watch the show," Hunnam, who plays the killer, said.

Charlie Hunnam has been slammed for his defence of Ed Gein as the Netflix series on the serial killer was viewed for 90 million hours

Charlie Hunnam tells PEOPLE how he embodied Ed Gein in the new season of Netflix's 'Monster.' He explains that he tried to understand the murderer better by learning about his trauma and changing his own physical appearance.

Charlie Hunnam’s portrayal of killer Ed Gein in a new Netflix series has viewers talking, especially about the voice he chose to adopt for the chilling TV show. In the Netflix series, Hunnam speaks in a voice that some viewers have described as sounding like Winnie the Pooh.

Charlie Hunnam plays the killer and body snatcher in season 3 of Netflix's horror anthology, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story."