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MADE BY AJ LINTON
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terling Beaumon isn’t a newbie to the
screen. Starring on shows like ABC’s
Lost and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU and CBS’
Criminal Minds, it’s no surprise that he’s
landed his newest role as Glenn Stevens
on NBC’s Law & Order True Crime: The
Menendez Murders. Beaumon spoke with
MADE about the business of Hollywood,
preparation and tips for success. Law &
Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders
premieres September 26th on NBC.
MADE: Sterling for those unfamiliar with
you and your journey, share with us who you
are and your journey as an actor?
I am an actor born and raised in Southern
California. Everyday I am trying to make
that dream come true. It’s important to
know that I’m an artist who will stop at
nothing to create what it is that I want to
create. I started off in the modeling realm, I
did a bunch of Baby Gap ads as a kid that
turned into commercials and from there
television shows. It’s really funny actually,
I started off doing two or three lines on
shows and now to be interviewing about a
show I’m being featured on is an amazing
feeling.
MADE: Let’s talk about Law & Order True
Crime: The Menendez Murders premiering
on NBC. You’re playing Glenn Stevens. Tell
our audience what we can expect for this
season?
There’s really an exciting thing happening
within Law & Order in that they are moving
away from procedural television, meaning it’s
not a new crime every episode. This season
follows one crime that actually happened (a
true crime) the Menendez Murders in Beverly
Hills in 1989. Eric and Lyle Menendez were two
brothers who were sexually abused growing up
and one day they felt so threatened that they
felt that their only course of action was to kill
their parents. This series follows them from the
day that they killed their parents to the end of
the court trial. So that’s the overall story and it’s
told through the eyes of their defense attorney,
Leslie Abramson. My character Glenn is one
of their longtime friends from Princeton who
grew up with them. I’m the friend with the bad
influence who tells them how to spend and
misuse their money.
MADE: Filming a true story like this, what
did you learn as an actor that you feel
prepared you for this role?
Having worked with Law & Order before
on an episode of SVU I think what really
prepared me for this role was learning how
they told their stories. They have a specific
storytelling team. You follow not only the
detectives figuring out what happened, but
you follow the entire trial, prosecution and
end result. I feel what prepared me for this
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Ryan K. Orange (Photographer), Jayson Medina (Groomer), Michael St. Michael (Stylist)
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