"The next season of Monster, following season three's Psycho inspiration Ed Gein, takes on Lizzie Borden, the woman who was infamously tried and acquitted for the 1892 murder of her father and stepmother. It's not the first time Murphy has engaged with Borden: Grace Bertrand, played by Lizzie Brocheré, shared Borden's backstory on American Horror Story: Asylum back in 2012, though that series was set in 1964."
"He returns as Lizzie's murdered father Andrew Borden, while her stepmother Abby Borden will be playedby Peter Hujar's Day star Rebecca Hall. The family will be filled out by Billie Lourd as Lizzie's sister Emma Borden. Vicky Krieps ( Phantom Thread) will play the house's maid, Bridget Sullivan, who is the only other person in the house on the day of Andrew and Abby's death."
"Murphy confirmed to in a profile of Hunnam that the season will also focus on other murderous women throughout history. He specifically name-checked Aileen Wuornos, the serial killer who, while working as a sex worker, murdered seven of her male clients. Wuornos was already the subject of a project called Monster - the Charlize Theron movie of the same name for which she won an Oscar in 2004."
Season four centers on Lizzie Borden and expands its scope to other murderous women from history, including Aileen Wuornos. Ella Beatty will portray Lizzie Borden, joined by Charlie Hunnam as murdered father Andrew Borden and Rebecca Hall as stepmother Abby Borden. Billie Lourd plays sister Emma Borden, Vicky Krieps portrays maid Bridget Sullivan, and Jessica Barden appears as actress Nance O'Neill. The season follows the Ed Gein–inspired season three and revisits a Borden backstory previously featured on American Horror Story: Asylum in 2012. The series will reference earlier portrayals and cinematic treatments of female killers, such as the Charlize Theron–led Monster film.
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