Netflix's 'Monster' Casts Sarah Paulson as Aileen Wuornos Ahead of Sept. 17 Premiere
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Updated · Netflix Tudum · Aug 19
Netflix's 'Monster' Casts Sarah Paulson as Aileen Wuornos Ahead of Sept. 17 Premiere
3 articles · Updated · Netflix Tudum · Aug 19
Summary
Sept. 17 is the launch date for Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, with a new trailer revealing Sarah Paulson as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in a major supporting role.
Wuornos is not part of the 1892 Borden murders, but the season uses her 1989-1990 killings of seven men to trace Lizzie Borden's influence across generations and examine why women turn to violence.
Ella Beatty, who plays Borden, said Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan built the season around female rage and the circumstances shaping it, making this the anthology's first installment centered on a female killer.
Paulson's casting extends her long collaboration with Murphy, while Wuornos remains a familiar screen figure after Charlize Theron's 2004 Oscar-winning turn and Netflix's 2025 documentary Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers.