Overview
- On Jan. 4, Hunnam referred to longtime partner Morgana McNelis as his wife in an ExtraTV red-carpet interview, prompting questions about their relationship status.
- He told E! that McNelis asked him to stop slipping into Ed Gein’s soft-spoken voice at home, joking that it was “a little too much” at breakfast.
- Hunnam is nominated for Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television at the Critics Choice Awards for his performance in Monster: The Ed Gein Story.
- He has said reading Gein’s medical records shifted his approach toward a less sensationalized, more human portrayal of the real-life killer.
- After filming, he stayed in Chicago to decompress and drove to Plainfield, Wisconsin, to visit Gein’s grave as a way to say goodbye to the role.