Jessica Biel is continuing her string of psychologically twisty miniseries with The Good Daughter, a limited series ordered at Peacock on Tuesday that Biel will headline and executive-produce.
Based on the best-selling novel from Karin Slaughter — who also pens the Will Trent book series on which ABC’s drama is based — The Good Daughter follows sisters Charlotte (Biel) and Samantha Quinn, who have spent the last 28 years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence.
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Based on the best-selling novel from Karin Slaughter — who also pens the Will Trent book series on which ABC’s drama is based — The Good Daughter follows sisters Charlotte (Biel) and Samantha Quinn, who have spent the last 28 years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence.
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- 3/19/2024
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
Peacock has picked up The Good Daughter, a limited series psychological suspense thriller starring and executive produced by Jessica Biel.
Pieces of Her author Karin Slaughter will write all episodes and executive produce the project, from Fifth Season and Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, which is based on Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling novel The Good Daughter.
The package was taken out at the start of 2024, garnering interest and eventually landing at Peacock with a series order.
In The Good Daughter, sisters Charlotte (Biel) and Samantha Quinn have spent the last twenty-eight years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte is the first witness on the scene. Now a lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her own demons as the case twists through one shocking revelation after another.
Pieces of Her author Karin Slaughter will write all episodes and executive produce the project, from Fifth Season and Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, which is based on Slaughter’s New York Times bestselling novel The Good Daughter.
The package was taken out at the start of 2024, garnering interest and eventually landing at Peacock with a series order.
In The Good Daughter, sisters Charlotte (Biel) and Samantha Quinn have spent the last twenty-eight years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte is the first witness on the scene. Now a lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her own demons as the case twists through one shocking revelation after another.
- 3/19/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Elizabeth Olsen (Love & Death) and Charles Melton (May December) are set to star in Love Child, the first new movie from Todd Solondz in eight years.
Love Child follows Misty, a woman stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband. “Junior, her precocious 11-year-old is her only consolation,” reads the description. “When Easy, a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, Junior hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so Junior comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, and with more disastrous—and unexpected—consequences.” The film has been in the works for some time, with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell once attached to the project back in 2021.
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Love Child follows Misty, a woman stuck in a loveless marriage to a brutish husband. “Junior, her precocious 11-year-old is her only consolation,” reads the description. “When Easy, a handsome vagabond stranger, appears, Junior hatches a plan to get rid of his father so that his mother can marry him instead. But things end up backfiring, so Junior comes up with yet another plan, this one even more devious, and with more disastrous—and unexpected—consequences.” The film has been in the works for some time, with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell once attached to the project back in 2021.
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Todd Solondz is best known for Welcome to the Dollhouse and Happiness, and his last film,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: UTA has signed Jessica Biel, the Emmy-nominated actor and producer most recently making a splash with acclaimed crime dramas Candy and The Sinner, as well as her production company, Iron Ocean, for representation in all areas.
Most recently, Biel portrayed infamous axe murderer Candy Montgomery in Hulu’s true crime limited series Candy, earning a Hollywood Critics Association TV Award nomination for her work. She prior to that drew rave reviews for her turn in Season 1 of USA Network’s crime mystery The Sinner, along with Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award nominations for Best Actress, and other nominations for her role as executive producer.
(L-r) Jessica Biel and her producing partner Michelle Purple
On the TV front, Biel has additionally been seen starring opposite Stanley Tucci in Facebook Watch’s drama Limetown, based on the same-name podcast. To date, she’s also seen her films rack up...
Most recently, Biel portrayed infamous axe murderer Candy Montgomery in Hulu’s true crime limited series Candy, earning a Hollywood Critics Association TV Award nomination for her work. She prior to that drew rave reviews for her turn in Season 1 of USA Network’s crime mystery The Sinner, along with Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice Award nominations for Best Actress, and other nominations for her role as executive producer.
(L-r) Jessica Biel and her producing partner Michelle Purple
On the TV front, Biel has additionally been seen starring opposite Stanley Tucci in Facebook Watch’s drama Limetown, based on the same-name podcast. To date, she’s also seen her films rack up...
- 2/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to a narrative journey through the professional life of Don Crowder, an attorney whose name became synonymous with one of the most sensational trials of his time—the Candy Montgomery case. As we unfold the chapters of his career, we’ll delve into how he navigated the complexities of a high-profile murder trial that captivated the nation and defined his legacy. The Beginnings of a Legal Career Don Crowder’s early career was marked by ambition and a willingness to take risks. Born and raised in Texas, Crowder demonstrated tenacity from his college football days at Southern Methodist University. After earning his...
- 1/16/2024
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
The Shadow of New Evidence in Candy Montgomery’s Trial When we consider the Candy Montgomery trial, it’s hard not to be drawn into the drama and what-ifs. A pivotal point is the potential impact of new evidence. Imagine if something previously unnoticed comes to light, something that could tilt the scales against Candy. We know from her past defense that she claimed self-defense, a reaction to being struck first by Betty Gore. But what if there’s more to the story? What if, hidden in the shadows of the courtroom, lies a piece of truth yet to be uncovered? after being...
- 12/4/2023
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
The legal world is often a backdrop for some of cinema’s most compelling dramas, where attorneys become as legendary as the cases they take on. Don Crowder, the lawyer who defended Candy Montgomery, is one such ‘legal eagle’ whose story has captivated many. In that vein, let’s explore movies that have depicted similar figures in the courtroom. To Kill a Mockingbird Atticus Finch The character of Atticus Finch, from ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, is an iconic representation of a lawyer who gains fame for defending a black man accused of a heinous crime in the Deep South. The portrayal by...
- 11/27/2023
- by Steve Delikson
- TVovermind.com
On Friday, June 13, 1980, the devout and do-gooding Candy Montgomery caused a stir in her Dallas community when she was arrested for killing her friend Betty Gore with 41 ax blows. When put on trial, Candy claimed that she killed Betty in self-defense. What was especially scandalous was that this argument worked in court, and Candy was acquitted. Now, over 40 years later, the case has been revisited on the small screen, though not in your traditional true-crime documentary fashion.
In the golden age of the true-crime era, it was only a matter of time until this shocking story made it to the small screen in serialized drama form. Hulu stepped up to the task first in 2022 with "Candy," a five-episode limited series that stars Jessica Biel in the titular role. Then, Max followed suit in April by taking on the story with the true-crime miniseries "Love & Death," which stars Elizabeth Olsen as the central character.
In the golden age of the true-crime era, it was only a matter of time until this shocking story made it to the small screen in serialized drama form. Hulu stepped up to the task first in 2022 with "Candy," a five-episode limited series that stars Jessica Biel in the titular role. Then, Max followed suit in April by taking on the story with the true-crime miniseries "Love & Death," which stars Elizabeth Olsen as the central character.
- 10/23/2023
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
Like the Scarlet Witch in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Elizabeth Olsen wants to break free of the binds tying her to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She’s portrayed Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) since 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, with little time to explore her career outside of tights, magic spells, and breaking the Sokovia Accords. Variety is the spice of life and, in some cases, what makes an actor’s journey varied and fulfilling. Speaking with The Times of London ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike, Olsen expressed her MCU gratitude but said she’s hoping to expand her horizons beyond supervillains and thumbing through pages of the Darkhold.
“I’m trying to figure out… Because, specifically in the last four years, my output has been Marvel,” Olsen said. “I don’t want… it’s not that I don’t want to be associated as just this character.
“I’m trying to figure out… Because, specifically in the last four years, my output has been Marvel,” Olsen said. “I don’t want… it’s not that I don’t want to be associated as just this character.
- 9/1/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Elizabeth Olsen told The Times of London in a recently-published interview (conducted pre-strike) that she is aggressively seeking a “variation” of characters after working for four years solely in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Olsen filmed “WandaVision” and “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” back to back, which was perhaps too much time dedicated to only playing Scarlet Witch. That’s a large reason Olsen was drawn to playing alleged axe murderer Candy Montgomery in Max’s “Love and Death.”
“I’m trying to figure out… Because, specifically in the last four years, my output has been Marvel,” Olsen said. “I don’t want… it’s not that I don’t want to be associated as just this character. But I really feel like I need to be building other parts back up for balance. I so much want to do films right now. And I hope some of them...
“I’m trying to figure out… Because, specifically in the last four years, my output has been Marvel,” Olsen said. “I don’t want… it’s not that I don’t want to be associated as just this character. But I really feel like I need to be building other parts back up for balance. I so much want to do films right now. And I hope some of them...
- 9/1/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Pelphrey has some homework to do.
The “Ozark” actor is one of the stars featured in W Magazine‘s annual TV Portfolio, and in it he reveals that until he started dating Kaley Cuoco, he’d never seen “The Big Bang Theory”.
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“When I first brought Kaley to New Jersey to meet my family and friends, my mom’s partner—who apparently was a ‘Big Bang Theory’ fan—was there, and he kept calling her Penny,” Pelphrey recalls.
“I had no clue what was going on. So I pulled Kaley aside, like, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t understand what’s happening. Why does he keep calling you Penny?’ She’s like, ‘That’s my character in ‘The Big Bang Theory’,'” he continues. “I was completely unaware. I’ve watched a few episodes with her since,...
The “Ozark” actor is one of the stars featured in W Magazine‘s annual TV Portfolio, and in it he reveals that until he started dating Kaley Cuoco, he’d never seen “The Big Bang Theory”.
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“When I first brought Kaley to New Jersey to meet my family and friends, my mom’s partner—who apparently was a ‘Big Bang Theory’ fan—was there, and he kept calling her Penny,” Pelphrey recalls.
“I had no clue what was going on. So I pulled Kaley aside, like, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t understand what’s happening. Why does he keep calling you Penny?’ She’s like, ‘That’s my character in ‘The Big Bang Theory’,'” he continues. “I was completely unaware. I’ve watched a few episodes with her since,...
- 8/15/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the episodes selected by the seven nominees for Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor as their 2023 Emmys episode submissions.
SEECan Steven Yeun ‘Beef’ up Best Movie/Limited Actor at the Emmys over Evan Peters?
Murray Bartlett won this category just last year for his performance in season one of “The White Lotus.” This year he’s nominated twice: Best Drama Guest Actor for “The Last of Us” and Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor for “Welcome to Chippendales.” In “Chippendales,” he plays Nick De Noia, the closeted choreographer who clashes with Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Best Movie/Limited Actor nominee Kumail Nanjiani) before Nick is murdered. Bartlett submitted for Emmy consideration “Leeches,” the fifth episode of the eight-episode series in which Nick opens a successful Chippendales in New York City and becomes the face of the business on the talk show circuit.
Jesse Plemons‘ performance in “Love and Death...
SEECan Steven Yeun ‘Beef’ up Best Movie/Limited Actor at the Emmys over Evan Peters?
Murray Bartlett won this category just last year for his performance in season one of “The White Lotus.” This year he’s nominated twice: Best Drama Guest Actor for “The Last of Us” and Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actor for “Welcome to Chippendales.” In “Chippendales,” he plays Nick De Noia, the closeted choreographer who clashes with Chippendales founder Steve Banerjee (Best Movie/Limited Actor nominee Kumail Nanjiani) before Nick is murdered. Bartlett submitted for Emmy consideration “Leeches,” the fifth episode of the eight-episode series in which Nick opens a successful Chippendales in New York City and becomes the face of the business on the talk show circuit.
Jesse Plemons‘ performance in “Love and Death...
- 7/29/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
On one level, the biggest snub for this year’s Emmy nominations is that the looming actors strike has robbed this day of its usual joy. The writers strike, in effect since early May, has already severely curtailed celebrating the best and brightest of the 2022-23 TV season. And now, with SAG-AFTRA almost certainly joining the WGA on the picket line in a matter of hours, there’s an air of doom over what should be a happy event.
On another, less existential level, what does Harrison Ford have to do to get an Emmy nomination?! The Emmys’ diamond anniversary brought widely expected nominations for previous Emmy favorites like “Succession,” “The White Lotus,” “Abbott Elementary” and “Ted Lasso.” A new shift in rules that capped the number of names voters could submit per category was expected to keep those shows from total domination of the acting categories — but they all...
On another, less existential level, what does Harrison Ford have to do to get an Emmy nomination?! The Emmys’ diamond anniversary brought widely expected nominations for previous Emmy favorites like “Succession,” “The White Lotus,” “Abbott Elementary” and “Ted Lasso.” A new shift in rules that capped the number of names voters could submit per category was expected to keep those shows from total domination of the acting categories — but they all...
- 7/12/2023
- by Adam B. Vary and Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Texas Monthly, the magazine that has been chronicling life in the Lone Star State since 1973, has continued its expansion into film and TV by setting its first-ever feature documentary, to be made in partnership with Peabody and Critics’ Choice Award-winning filmmaker Deborah Esquenazi (Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four).
The currently untitled film centers on James Reyos, a gay Apache man who for 40 years has sought to clear his name of the brutal murder of a Catholic priest in oil-rich West Texas. Embedding with the Innocence Project of Texas that has taken up Reyos’ case, Esquenazi with her doc sheds new light on a story that has eluded detectives, crime researchers and amateur sleuths for four decades, exposing a web of media lore and homophobia, as well as whispers of a possible serial killing team targeting clergy in the 1980s. The project extends coverage of...
The currently untitled film centers on James Reyos, a gay Apache man who for 40 years has sought to clear his name of the brutal murder of a Catholic priest in oil-rich West Texas. Embedding with the Innocence Project of Texas that has taken up Reyos’ case, Esquenazi with her doc sheds new light on a story that has eluded detectives, crime researchers and amateur sleuths for four decades, exposing a web of media lore and homophobia, as well as whispers of a possible serial killing team targeting clergy in the 1980s. The project extends coverage of...
- 7/6/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Based on a True Story.”
British actor Tom Bateman, who plays charming but sociopathic “Westside Ripper” Matt Pierce in Peacock’s “Based on a True Story,” said he had no idea how big the true crime genre was in the U.S. before signing on to the series from “The Boys” creator Craig Rosenberg.
“I thought it was a bit niche,” he told TheWrap of the idea that main character Ava sees a podcast about a serial killer as her ticket to the big time.
Bateman (who’s not related to executive producer Jason Bateman) discussed America’s obsession with real-life murders and what a possible Season 2 might look like. Read our interview below, and watch an exclusive “Based on a True Story” Peacock feaurette in the video above.
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British actor Tom Bateman, who plays charming but sociopathic “Westside Ripper” Matt Pierce in Peacock’s “Based on a True Story,” said he had no idea how big the true crime genre was in the U.S. before signing on to the series from “The Boys” creator Craig Rosenberg.
“I thought it was a bit niche,” he told TheWrap of the idea that main character Ava sees a podcast about a serial killer as her ticket to the big time.
Bateman (who’s not related to executive producer Jason Bateman) discussed America’s obsession with real-life murders and what a possible Season 2 might look like. Read our interview below, and watch an exclusive “Based on a True Story” Peacock feaurette in the video above.
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- 7/6/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
HBO/Max’s Love & Death is, in the words of its director, Lesli Linka Glatter, about an American tragedy. Following Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen), the seven-part limited series examines a Texas woman who seemingly had it all — the perfect family, the perfect marriage — but there was something darker under the surface. After she embarks on an affair with Jesse Plemons’ Allan Gore, the picture-perfect facade fades away. And the tragedy that unfolded is a shocking one: When Gore’s wife, Betty (Lily Rabe), discovers the affair, she — at least according to Montgomery’s testimony — attacked her husband’s mistress with an ax, at which point Montgomery snapped and struck Gore 41 times with the weapon.
The 1980 murder has compelled readers since it was written about in Texas Monthly — so much so that Love & Death is the second time the crime has received the limited series treatment (following last year’s Candy,...
The 1980 murder has compelled readers since it was written about in Texas Monthly — so much so that Love & Death is the second time the crime has received the limited series treatment (following last year’s Candy,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With a few exceptions, once you’re in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’re tied to it for the rest of your career. You’ll have other opportunities of course, but chances are, to many, you’ll always be Captain America or the Hulk or Thor. But Elizabeth Olsen doesn’t always want to be tied to the MCU, no matter how happy she is with the work, recently saying she is ready to move on from Marvel.
Elizabeth Olsen recently told actress Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) in a Variety Q&a that if her days in the MCU are officially over – as indicated in last year’s Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness – then she’s completely fine with that. “If someone were to tell me that I’m fired from Marvel movies, I will feel proud of what we made. And I really am just trying...
Elizabeth Olsen recently told actress Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) in a Variety Q&a that if her days in the MCU are officially over – as indicated in last year’s Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness – then she’s completely fine with that. “If someone were to tell me that I’m fired from Marvel movies, I will feel proud of what we made. And I really am just trying...
- 6/12/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Max’s “Love & Death” revived 1970s Texas suburbia through the direction of the show’s costume designer, Audrey Fisher, and production designer, Suzuki Ingerslev.
The limited series tells the true story of the murder of Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) by Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) after Betty discovered that Candy was having an affair with her husband, Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons). The story made headlines through Candy’s sensational trial.
The designers sourced products from all over the country and enlisted help from costume warehouses, rag houses, thrift stores, antique shops, tile manufacturers, wallpaper printers and Facebook Marketplace.
Here, Ingerslev and Fisher break down some of the looks for Variety.
Ingerslev: I glorified it a little bit without making it too precious. Our point of storytelling is to make sure that people know what period they’re in. There are key elements that are always going to trigger that. You...
The limited series tells the true story of the murder of Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) by Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) after Betty discovered that Candy was having an affair with her husband, Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons). The story made headlines through Candy’s sensational trial.
The designers sourced products from all over the country and enlisted help from costume warehouses, rag houses, thrift stores, antique shops, tile manufacturers, wallpaper printers and Facebook Marketplace.
Here, Ingerslev and Fisher break down some of the looks for Variety.
Ingerslev: I glorified it a little bit without making it too precious. Our point of storytelling is to make sure that people know what period they’re in. There are key elements that are always going to trigger that. You...
- 6/9/2023
- by Charna Flam
- Variety Film + TV
Tom Pelphrey ‘never had more fun playing a role’ than he did playing Don Crowder on ‘Love and Death’
If you are checking out “Love & Death” for Tom Pelphrey, there’s not a whole lot of him in the first four episodes. The actor plays Don Crowder, who seems like just another unassuming parishioner at Candy Montgomery‘s (Elizabeth Olsen) church. After she is accused of murdering her friend Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) with an ax, Candy retains Don as her defense attorney, and the last three episodes of the Max limited series are basically The Don Crowder Show. But when the role first came to him, Pelphrey was only sent the first four scripts of the David E. Kelley-penned true crime drama.
“I was told that the fifth episode starts the trial and I spoke with David about it and he said, ‘Don really becomes a central figure in the storytelling.’ And David also told me, ‘Do yourself a favor and start looking into who this...
“I was told that the fifth episode starts the trial and I spoke with David about it and he said, ‘Don really becomes a central figure in the storytelling.’ And David also told me, ‘Do yourself a favor and start looking into who this...
- 6/9/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
This story about Elizabeth Olsen and “Love & Death” first appeared in the Limited Series/Movies issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
What is it about Candy Montgomery that Hollywood finds so irresistible? With two high-profile limited series in consecutive years, the tale of a housewife-turned-accused ax murderer has proven tantalizing. In 2022, there was Hulu’s “Candy,” cocreated by Robin Veith and Nick Antosca and starring Jessica Biel as the woman acquitted of butchering the wife of her lover. Now there’s HBO Max’s “Love & Death,” an interpretation of the same gory tale, written and exec-produced by David E. Kelley and starring Elizabeth Olsen.
Olsen’s interest in stepping into Candy’s blood-soaked flip-flops had less to do with what Montgomery did or didn’t do and more with how she operated. “The appeal for me is that I don’t feel like I know how to use...
What is it about Candy Montgomery that Hollywood finds so irresistible? With two high-profile limited series in consecutive years, the tale of a housewife-turned-accused ax murderer has proven tantalizing. In 2022, there was Hulu’s “Candy,” cocreated by Robin Veith and Nick Antosca and starring Jessica Biel as the woman acquitted of butchering the wife of her lover. Now there’s HBO Max’s “Love & Death,” an interpretation of the same gory tale, written and exec-produced by David E. Kelley and starring Elizabeth Olsen.
Olsen’s interest in stepping into Candy’s blood-soaked flip-flops had less to do with what Montgomery did or didn’t do and more with how she operated. “The appeal for me is that I don’t feel like I know how to use...
- 6/7/2023
- by Libby Hill
- The Wrap
The real-life Candy Montgomery became a free woman thanks to Don Crowder, the cocksure personal injury attorney who would represent the Texas housewife in the murder trial of Betty Gore in 1980.
To portray such an integral character in the HBO Max limited series Love & Death starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons, David E. Kelley zeroed in on Tom Pelphrey, the actor best known for playing Laura Linney’s brother Ben in Netflix’s Ozark. The limited series also stars Lily Rabe as Betty, the woman whose husband Allan (Plemons) had an affair with Candy (Olsen).
Here, the actor who also starred in season one of Outer Range talks about why he took the role of the overly-confident attorney — and the sorrow he felt when he learned how the real Don Crowder took his own life 18 years after Montgomery was found not guilty.
Deadline: What was the most alluring aspect of this project?...
To portray such an integral character in the HBO Max limited series Love & Death starring Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons, David E. Kelley zeroed in on Tom Pelphrey, the actor best known for playing Laura Linney’s brother Ben in Netflix’s Ozark. The limited series also stars Lily Rabe as Betty, the woman whose husband Allan (Plemons) had an affair with Candy (Olsen).
Here, the actor who also starred in season one of Outer Range talks about why he took the role of the overly-confident attorney — and the sorrow he felt when he learned how the real Don Crowder took his own life 18 years after Montgomery was found not guilty.
Deadline: What was the most alluring aspect of this project?...
- 6/7/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers from the finale of Love & Death, “Ssssshh.”]
Lily Rabe had heard about the Candy Montgomery-Betty Gore case, but it wasn’t until Nicole Kidman, an executive producer on Love & Death, reached out to her about playing Betty that she began to research.
“It always excites me to hear, ‘It’s so different from anything you’ve done,'” Rabe tells The Hollywood Reporter about her conversation with Kidman. “I always love when it’s like, ‘This is nothing like you and nothing like anything you’ve done.'”
What Rabe would find in her research and portrayal of Betty — the real-life Texas housewife who was murdered in the 1980s by her friend Candy Montgomery, played in the series by Elizabeth Olsen, when she was inexplicably struck by an ax 41 times — that she was able to relate to her more than she anticipated as she began to understand her more. “Betty is handled throughout the story,...
Lily Rabe had heard about the Candy Montgomery-Betty Gore case, but it wasn’t until Nicole Kidman, an executive producer on Love & Death, reached out to her about playing Betty that she began to research.
“It always excites me to hear, ‘It’s so different from anything you’ve done,'” Rabe tells The Hollywood Reporter about her conversation with Kidman. “I always love when it’s like, ‘This is nothing like you and nothing like anything you’ve done.'”
What Rabe would find in her research and portrayal of Betty — the real-life Texas housewife who was murdered in the 1980s by her friend Candy Montgomery, played in the series by Elizabeth Olsen, when she was inexplicably struck by an ax 41 times — that she was able to relate to her more than she anticipated as she began to understand her more. “Betty is handled throughout the story,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Just give them one.”
That’s Elizabeth Olsen’s advice for actors thinking about joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The “WandaVision” star told Josh Horowitz on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that by initially only agreeing to one Marvel project, actors can gain more “creative control” for the next one.
“That way you have more control over… If you, let’s say, ‘Oh my God, this is the most fun I’ve ever had and I love this character so much, I want to do it again,’ you now have more creative control for the next one,” Olsen said.
She then joked, “Don’t tell [David] Galluzzi that. [He’s] business affairs at Marvel.”
Olsen has played Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch since 2014 in a handful of Marvel projects, including “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” two “Captain America” films, the last three “Avengers” movies and the TV spinoff “WandaVision.” The Disney+ miniseries...
That’s Elizabeth Olsen’s advice for actors thinking about joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The “WandaVision” star told Josh Horowitz on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast that by initially only agreeing to one Marvel project, actors can gain more “creative control” for the next one.
“That way you have more control over… If you, let’s say, ‘Oh my God, this is the most fun I’ve ever had and I love this character so much, I want to do it again,’ you now have more creative control for the next one,” Olsen said.
She then joked, “Don’t tell [David] Galluzzi that. [He’s] business affairs at Marvel.”
Olsen has played Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch since 2014 in a handful of Marvel projects, including “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” two “Captain America” films, the last three “Avengers” movies and the TV spinoff “WandaVision.” The Disney+ miniseries...
- 5/26/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Elizabeth Olsen is taking viewers behind-the-scenes of her and co-star Jesse Plemons’ intimacy scenes in “Love & Death”.
The actress stars as the infamous Candy Montgomery in the Max drama miniseries, which premiered last month, opposite Plemons’ Allan Gore. Based on a true story, the characters have an affair that starts off awkward and childlike.
While chatting with Elle, Olsen, 34, said “it was really nice” working with Plemons, 35, on the intimate scenes because he “had suggested a [helpful] thought really early on — relating their relationship to that of people in high school.
“And I think when he had mentioned that, everything kind of fell into place of the emotional intelligence of where they are with relationships and their own personal experiences,” she continued. “They all got married so young and had kids immediately. Their personal experiences are almost out of a high schooler.
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The actress stars as the infamous Candy Montgomery in the Max drama miniseries, which premiered last month, opposite Plemons’ Allan Gore. Based on a true story, the characters have an affair that starts off awkward and childlike.
While chatting with Elle, Olsen, 34, said “it was really nice” working with Plemons, 35, on the intimate scenes because he “had suggested a [helpful] thought really early on — relating their relationship to that of people in high school.
“And I think when he had mentioned that, everything kind of fell into place of the emotional intelligence of where they are with relationships and their own personal experiences,” she continued. “They all got married so young and had kids immediately. Their personal experiences are almost out of a high schooler.
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- 5/26/2023
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Love & Death Season 1 Episode 7 “Ssssshh.”] Love & Death has come to its conclusion, and with it, the delivery of a brutal murder scene as Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) was confronted by an ax-wielding Betty Gore (Lily Rabe). Taking the stand in her trial, Candy recounts the events that led to Betty’s gruesome death, and in doing so, viewers are shown the sequence of events as recited. What began as an affair between bored housewife Candy and Betty’s husband Allan (Jesse Plemons) quickly transformed into a Texas tragedy. In Candy and Betty’s community, Olsen says, “adultery is almost a greater sin than murder.” Perhaps that’s why Betty pulled out an ax? Or maybe it runs deeper. Snapping in self-defense, Candy manages to gain control of the weapon before swinging it several times in Betty’s direction, making a direct impact on her skull before ultimately chopping with abandon.
- 5/25/2023
- TV Insider
This podcast is spoiler free in regards to today’s final episode of HBO’s limited series Love & Death, “Ssssshh”
On today’s episode of Crew Call we speak with Love & Death EP and episodic director Lesli Linka Glatter who walks us through the psychology, and the symbolic visual imagery of the Southern fried 1970s Wylie, Texas murder of Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) by the seductive Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) after the latter had an affair with the former’s husband, Allan Gore (Jesse Plemmons) — all ironically members of the same Methodist congregation.
The final episode, “Ssssshh” which dropped today, finds Candy taking the stand. Will she get off?
It’s also the episode that Glatter and Love & Death creator David E. Kelley are submitting for the Emmys.
What Glatter adores about the episode is how Olsen’s Candy takes the stand and how the audience is thrusted...
On today’s episode of Crew Call we speak with Love & Death EP and episodic director Lesli Linka Glatter who walks us through the psychology, and the symbolic visual imagery of the Southern fried 1970s Wylie, Texas murder of Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) by the seductive Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) after the latter had an affair with the former’s husband, Allan Gore (Jesse Plemmons) — all ironically members of the same Methodist congregation.
The final episode, “Ssssshh” which dropped today, finds Candy taking the stand. Will she get off?
It’s also the episode that Glatter and Love & Death creator David E. Kelley are submitting for the Emmys.
What Glatter adores about the episode is how Olsen’s Candy takes the stand and how the audience is thrusted...
- 5/25/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
To portray the moments immediately after her character murders her neighbor, “Love & Death” actress Elizabeth Olsen and executive producer/director Lesli Linka Glatter put together very specific beats, leading up to what Olsen calls a “nightmare” scenario for her character Candy Montgomery.
The Max original series is based on the true story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery who started an affair with a neighbor (played by Jesse Plemons) and ended up killing his wife (played by Lily Rabe).
The show finds Candy getting into her car after the murder and driving to pick her kids up from school, and in a new episode of TheWrap’s “How I Did It” presented by HBO and Max, Olsen and Glatter broke down the harrowing sequence.
“In the car where she puts the music on trying to find that sense of self again, trying to get back to the fact that this never...
The Max original series is based on the true story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery who started an affair with a neighbor (played by Jesse Plemons) and ended up killing his wife (played by Lily Rabe).
The show finds Candy getting into her car after the murder and driving to pick her kids up from school, and in a new episode of TheWrap’s “How I Did It” presented by HBO and Max, Olsen and Glatter broke down the harrowing sequence.
“In the car where she puts the music on trying to find that sense of self again, trying to get back to the fact that this never...
- 5/25/2023
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Imagine, if you dare, the time before this golden age of international streaming services. Oh the horror! All those hit US TV shows we had to wait so patiently for, wondering when the UK would finally air the next series of Friends, The Sopranos or The West Wing.
These days we’re much luckier, with most of the top US TV highlights dropping simultaneously or soon after on one of the big streamers, but there are still some American terrestrial TV gems that slip through the net.
We’ve kept our eyes peeled for you – so here are the top US shows that will soon be arriving in the UK, plus one we’re impatient to watch but which is still only available to purchase per-episode.
The Ark – Sky Sci-Fi and Now, Thursday 25th May
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These days we’re much luckier, with most of the top US TV highlights dropping simultaneously or soon after on one of the big streamers, but there are still some American terrestrial TV gems that slip through the net.
We’ve kept our eyes peeled for you – so here are the top US shows that will soon be arriving in the UK, plus one we’re impatient to watch but which is still only available to purchase per-episode.
The Ark – Sky Sci-Fi and Now, Thursday 25th May
Set 100 years in the future, The Ark is a sci-fi drama about a spacecraft full...
- 5/23/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
If there’s ever a genre that is unforgiving towards unnecessary dawdling, which takes up time that is best saved for crucial revelations, it is true crime. There was nothing holding Love And Death back from overspending its time on scrutinizing why Candy and Allan’s affair happened in the first place. Yet, it’s this very tactful decision not to linger around the “why” for too long that made it possible for Love And Death to devote all the tricks up its sleeve to what a true-crime fan would be on tenterhooks for–the bewildering trial that exonerated an axe-murderer. And Candy Montgomery’s infamous trial is what Love And Death is here to treat us to this week.
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Why Did Don Reveal That Candy Killed Betty?
Having no experience in dealing with criminal cases might have made Don reluctant to take on the murder trial the...
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Why Did Don Reveal That Candy Killed Betty?
Having no experience in dealing with criminal cases might have made Don reluctant to take on the murder trial the...
- 5/18/2023
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
In an early episode of “Love and Death,” Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) goes shopping and tries on a fitted navy blue dress with red trim. It’s stylish, modern (for 1978) and perhaps not the first outfit you might call to mind when picturing a churchgoing housewife in a bucolic Dallas suburb in the late ’70s.
“My experience when designing costumes, especially when you’re working in a smaller town environment is that the fashion is a little bit behind because if you’re in New York, it’s like the fashion is coming in quickly. … Even in Dallas, there would be a more fashion-forward look, but I feel like in this smaller environment, everything is a little behind,” costume designer Audrey Fisher tells Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video interview above). “That also allowed Candy and Sherry (Krysten Ritter) to be sort of the most interesting and cute, fashion-wise. They...
“My experience when designing costumes, especially when you’re working in a smaller town environment is that the fashion is a little bit behind because if you’re in New York, it’s like the fashion is coming in quickly. … Even in Dallas, there would be a more fashion-forward look, but I feel like in this smaller environment, everything is a little behind,” costume designer Audrey Fisher tells Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video interview above). “That also allowed Candy and Sherry (Krysten Ritter) to be sort of the most interesting and cute, fashion-wise. They...
- 5/16/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
“Love & Death” is set in the Dallas suburb of Wylie in the late ’70s, but in order to bring the small town to life for the true crime series, production designer Suzuki Ingerslev found the best locales with old school looks around the Texas capital. “Dallas has gotten so big now that these towns have also grown too, so they’re not these quintessential American towns,” she tells Gold Derby (watch above). “We ended up finding Austin as our home base and we found the best towns out there. It was amazing. Some of the towns were actually stuck in time. It was still a lot of work for us to do, but the bones were there and we could create this kind of world that we wanted to have our characters thriving in.”
That world was a picturesque churchgoing community where everything seems quaint and lovely and “normal” on the surface.
That world was a picturesque churchgoing community where everything seems quaint and lovely and “normal” on the surface.
- 5/15/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
If you glance at the soundtrack listing for “Love & Death,” you’ll basically find a greatest hits collection of bangers from the ’70s. Set from 1978-80, the HBO Max limited series features tunes from Bee Gees, Janis Joplin, Al Green, Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond, to name a few, culled by music supervisor Robin Urdang. “It’s one of my favorite eras,” she tells Gold Derby (watch above). “A lot of the songs were scripted originally because David E. Kelley and Lesli Linka Glatter had in mind songs that they wanted to use. When I read the script and saw that in there, I was like, ‘Oh, my God! This is like my favorite music. I have to do the show.'”
“Love & Death” dramatizes the real-life case of Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen), a Texas housewife who had an affair with the husband, Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons), of her friend,...
“Love & Death” dramatizes the real-life case of Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen), a Texas housewife who had an affair with the husband, Allan Gore (Jesse Plemons), of her friend,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Love & Death Season 1 Episode 5 “The Arrest.”] The walls are closing in on Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) in the latest episode of Love & Death: The Texas housewife was arrested for the murder of Betty Gore (Lily Rabe). Maintaining her innocence at first, the installment saw Candy finally confess to her lawyer, friend, and fellow church-goer Don Crowder (Tom Pelphrey) that she killed Betty after she was attacked by her. Eager to learn more about the situation unfolding, Candy’s husband Pat (Patrick Fugit) also seeks answers and is finally looped into the truth by the episode’s end, when Don calls the Montgomery family’s house and explains the situation to him. Mildly pathetic in his onscreen depiction, Fugit acknowledges Pat’s shortcomings as a husband, which ultimately led to Candy’s affair with Alan Gore (Jesse Plemons), saying, “he is absent as a partner in several ways. He’s also...
- 5/12/2023
- TV Insider
The Joe Bob Briggs episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Celebrity? video series (formerly known as Where in the Horror Are They Now) was Written and Narrated by Jessica Dwyer and Edited by Victoria Verduzco. It was Produced by John Fallon and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.
There’s a gold standard that horror hosts are held to. The icons become as popular as the movies that they show. Zacherley, Elvira, and Vampira are some of the names that come to mind, all of them inherently macabre in their own way. Most horror hosts have something ooky and spooky about them. And then there’s the one and only Joe Bob Briggs. Joe Bob is his own sort of creature, a Drive In Cowboy who loves blood, breasts, and beasts… and going on long, amazing rants about all the things he has a problem with in the world.
There’s a gold standard that horror hosts are held to. The icons become as popular as the movies that they show. Zacherley, Elvira, and Vampira are some of the names that come to mind, all of them inherently macabre in their own way. Most horror hosts have something ooky and spooky about them. And then there’s the one and only Joe Bob Briggs. Joe Bob is his own sort of creature, a Drive In Cowboy who loves blood, breasts, and beasts… and going on long, amazing rants about all the things he has a problem with in the world.
- 5/12/2023
- by Jessica Dwyer
- JoBlo.com
I didn’t think it was possible for a TV episode to synchronously awe me with the terrific emotional magnitudes of the central performances and bewilder me with its ability not to pick a side. But that is how the 5th episode of the true-crime drama Love And Death went about capturing Candy Montgomery’s disarrayed mental state as the walls closed in and the world pointed its condemning fingers at her. Elizabeth Olsen soared with all her magnificence in the scenes where the cracks on Candy become undeniably obvious, and the legal conundrum was paced just right to keep you right on the edge of your seat.
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Why Does Candy Hire Don As Her Attorney?
It was only a matter of time until the cops brought in Candy and broke the news to her. Candy’s false nonchalance as each of her fingers is pressed on an...
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Why Does Candy Hire Don As Her Attorney?
It was only a matter of time until the cops brought in Candy and broke the news to her. Candy’s false nonchalance as each of her fingers is pressed on an...
- 5/11/2023
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
HBO’s newest limited series may have a simple title, but it’s a complex tale of friendship and betrayal.
“Love & Death,” written by David E. Kelley and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, tells the true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore – two churchgoing couples enjoying their smalltown Texas life … until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
The mystery is just starting, so if you’re eager to know exactly when you can see new episodes, we’ve assembled a handy guide to the “Love & Death” release schedule and what time new episodes air.
When did “Love & Death” premiere?
“Love & Death” had its world premiere at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas.
For general audiences, the first three episodes of “Love & Death” premiered on Thursday, April 27 on HBO Max. You must have an HBO Max subscription to stream the riveting drama.
“Love & Death,” written by David E. Kelley and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, tells the true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore – two churchgoing couples enjoying their smalltown Texas life … until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
The mystery is just starting, so if you’re eager to know exactly when you can see new episodes, we’ve assembled a handy guide to the “Love & Death” release schedule and what time new episodes air.
When did “Love & Death” premiere?
“Love & Death” had its world premiere at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas.
For general audiences, the first three episodes of “Love & Death” premiered on Thursday, April 27 on HBO Max. You must have an HBO Max subscription to stream the riveting drama.
- 5/11/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
On the HBO Max limited series “Love & Death,” Candy Montgomery (Elizabeth Olsen) reinvents herself several times, beginning as a churchgoing Texas housewife and ending as a pariah on trial for a brutal axe murder. And her wardrobe is an integral part of her journey, which made working on “Love & Death” both a challenge and a delight for costume designer Audrey Fisher. “It’s always fun for a costume designer to create a character within a character,” she told IndieWire. Fisher designed over a hundred costumes for Candy; here are a handful of examples that track the character’s transformation throughout the show.
“Love & Death” begins in the summer of 1978, when Candy is a well-liked member of her Methodist community. Fisher researched ’70s fashions and scoured magazines like Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping to find looks for Candy, who she felt would be just a little more lively and...
“Love & Death” begins in the summer of 1978, when Candy is a well-liked member of her Methodist community. Fisher researched ’70s fashions and scoured magazines like Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping to find looks for Candy, who she felt would be just a little more lively and...
- 5/11/2023
- by Jim Hemphill
- Indiewire
Betty Gore died on June 13, 1980. Her church friend Candy Montgomery swung the axe that killed her. Those facts form the basis for two TV shows released in the past 12 months: HBO Max’s “Love & Death” starring Elizabeth Olsen and Hulu’s “Candy” with Jessica Biel. Both are set in Wylie, Texas before and after the attack; both try to understand the events that shook the town.
Yet very early on, “Love & Death” locks in the difference in their ambitions with a disclaimer: “This is a true story.” The five words at the top of every episode might be a subtle jab at other interpretations; it could be a device designed to keep HBO Max subscribers’ attention. It’s definitely a declaration of intent. Where “Candy” addresses the levels of rationalization of which people are capable, “Love & Death” ticks more boxes on the “true story” checklist.
“Candy” uses...
Yet very early on, “Love & Death” locks in the difference in their ambitions with a disclaimer: “This is a true story.” The five words at the top of every episode might be a subtle jab at other interpretations; it could be a device designed to keep HBO Max subscribers’ attention. It’s definitely a declaration of intent. Where “Candy” addresses the levels of rationalization of which people are capable, “Love & Death” ticks more boxes on the “true story” checklist.
“Candy” uses...
- 5/7/2023
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
There’s a reason why true crime is only enticing to a very specific demographic. However tremendous the making can be, the looming acknowledgment of actual people having faced the dread we’re watching on screen does take a certain toll on you. It’s even more tricky for the makers to play Switzerland and not take a side when creating a show about a victim and a perp—both of whom deserve some empathy from the viewers. Of course, there are sides to be taken in Olsen and Rabe’s Love And Death. And the challenge for you is to convince yourself that you are, in fact choosing the right side every time you find yourself feeling an ache for Candy Montgomery and the turn her life took.
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Wish It Were Fiction
I was a tad taken aback last week when the 3rd episode of Love And Death...
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Wish It Were Fiction
I was a tad taken aback last week when the 3rd episode of Love And Death...
- 5/4/2023
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
Though Tom Pelphrey was already a two-time Daytime Emmy-winner for his work in the daytime drama “Guiding Light” and had been working steadily on stage and screen, his move to “Ozark’s” third season took his career to a new level. He blazed onscreen as Ben Davis, the bipolar brother of Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney), and seemingly shot to stardom overnight. It’s been a busy couple of years for the actor both professionally and personally — his partner Kaley Cuoco gave birth to their first child, a daughter, on March 30. And now Pelphrey is starring in “Love and Death,” HBO Max’s limited series from David E. Kelley about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery (played by Elisabeth Olsen), who killed her friend Betty Gore in 1980 after being confronted with evidence of Montgomery’s affair with Gore’s husband. (Montgomery pleaded self-defense and was acquitted of murder.) Pelphrey plays Don Crowder, a...
- 5/3/2023
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
For the first time in years, Elizabeth Olsen can speak freely.
The actor who spent close to a decade portraying Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe takes on a different role as Candy Montgomery in David E. Kelley’s “Love and Death” — though maybe not that different. Unlike any of her MCU projects, Olsen can discuss this one without fear of spoilers or consequence. Montgomery killed her neighbor with an axe in 1980, and “Love and Death” tells the story of the events leading up to and resulting from that horror.
“Oh my god, it’s so nice to talk about something,” Olsen said, visibly relaxing into a deeply cushioned sofa at the Warner Bros. building in New York in April. “It’s really annoying doing press and not being able to say anything. And then I end up doing retroactive press from Marvel projects, because people want to talk...
The actor who spent close to a decade portraying Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe takes on a different role as Candy Montgomery in David E. Kelley’s “Love and Death” — though maybe not that different. Unlike any of her MCU projects, Olsen can discuss this one without fear of spoilers or consequence. Montgomery killed her neighbor with an axe in 1980, and “Love and Death” tells the story of the events leading up to and resulting from that horror.
“Oh my god, it’s so nice to talk about something,” Olsen said, visibly relaxing into a deeply cushioned sofa at the Warner Bros. building in New York in April. “It’s really annoying doing press and not being able to say anything. And then I end up doing retroactive press from Marvel projects, because people want to talk...
- 5/3/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
The name Candy Montgomery is familiar to many. But after the first three episodes of Love & Death, people will better understand the woman who has been known as the housewife who struck her friend 41 times with an axe.
“I oddly think we made the show she would want to have made,” Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Candy, tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We really defend her, without trying to let her completely off the hook. But we are telling, I think, her story.”
The seven-part Max series written by David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Undoing and many more) released its first three episodes before moving to a weekly release. And the three-part premiere, all of which were directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland, Mad Men and many more), serve as an opening chapter to the true-crime retelling of the infamous story.
On June 13, 1980, Texas housewife Candace “Candy” Montgomery was...
“I oddly think we made the show she would want to have made,” Elizabeth Olsen, who plays Candy, tells The Hollywood Reporter. “We really defend her, without trying to let her completely off the hook. But we are telling, I think, her story.”
The seven-part Max series written by David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Undoing and many more) released its first three episodes before moving to a weekly release. And the three-part premiere, all of which were directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland, Mad Men and many more), serve as an opening chapter to the true-crime retelling of the infamous story.
On June 13, 1980, Texas housewife Candace “Candy” Montgomery was...
- 5/1/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If you missed Hulu’s dramatization of the infamous Candy Montgomery murder case last year, don’t fret. HBO Max is here with “Love & Death,” its version of the horrific but true story starring Elizabeth Olsen as Montgomery, the 1980s Texas housewife accused of murdering her best friend (portrayed by Lily Rabe) after having an affair with her husband (Jesse Plemons). The limited series, which debuted April 27 with three episodes, is a showcase for Olsen and a reminder to Emmy voters that maybe they should’ve awarded her powerful performance as a grieving Wanda Maximoff on Marvel’s Disney+ series “WandaVision.” She alone is the reason that “Love & Death” is the awards contender to watch this weekend.
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However, if you’re looking for something a little lighter — or at least a little funnier — there is some of that too.
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However, if you’re looking for something a little lighter — or at least a little funnier — there is some of that too.
- 4/29/2023
- by Kaitlin Thomas
- Gold Derby
When Jeff Russo sat down to watch “Mrs. Davis” to score the show, he had the same reaction as you likely did afterward. “I watched that first episode and I was like, ‘Wait. What? What? What is happening right now? What is going on?’” Russo tells Gold Derby (watch above). “I had the same response. It was like, ‘This is bonkers.'”
Co-created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, the Peacock series stars Betty Gilpin as Simone, a magic-hating nun who is sent on a quest by the titular AI to find the Holy Grail. In exchange, Mrs. Davis will grant her one wish, and Simone wants the AI to shut herself off once she completes it. And so Simone sets off with her ex, Wylie (Jake McDorman), on a wild mission that involves a giant sword, a sneaker commercial and more. “Mrs. Davis” is a hodgepodge of ideas, set pieces and tone,...
Co-created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, the Peacock series stars Betty Gilpin as Simone, a magic-hating nun who is sent on a quest by the titular AI to find the Holy Grail. In exchange, Mrs. Davis will grant her one wish, and Simone wants the AI to shut herself off once she completes it. And so Simone sets off with her ex, Wylie (Jake McDorman), on a wild mission that involves a giant sword, a sneaker commercial and more. “Mrs. Davis” is a hodgepodge of ideas, set pieces and tone,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
On Wednesday evening, the cast and crew of Max’s Love & Death gathered in West Hollywood to celebrate the series premiere.
From Max and Lionsgate Television, it’s based on a true story, centered on real-life 1980s housewife Candy Montgomery (played by Elizabeth Olsen) who was accused of the brutal axe murder of her friend Betty Gore (Lily Rabe). If the story rings a bell, it’s probably because a show based on the same events — Hulu’s Candy, starring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey — premiered just last year.
“It was a big surprise because we were two months into filming Love & Death when we found out that they were telling the same story,” explained director and executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter about the coincidence. “We had optioned the rights to the Texas Monthly articles and the nonfiction book, so we were surprised. But it is public domain material,...
From Max and Lionsgate Television, it’s based on a true story, centered on real-life 1980s housewife Candy Montgomery (played by Elizabeth Olsen) who was accused of the brutal axe murder of her friend Betty Gore (Lily Rabe). If the story rings a bell, it’s probably because a show based on the same events — Hulu’s Candy, starring Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey — premiered just last year.
“It was a big surprise because we were two months into filming Love & Death when we found out that they were telling the same story,” explained director and executive producer Lesli Linka Glatter about the coincidence. “We had optioned the rights to the Texas Monthly articles and the nonfiction book, so we were surprised. But it is public domain material,...
- 4/28/2023
- by Sydney Odman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
No amount of turns the world takes around the sun will lessen the intrigue of seeing the title card read, “This is a true story.” Sure, we’ve been burned a few times. By the time the movie or show ended, we were looking at the reflection of ourselves on the screens, feeling like absolute doofuses for taking the bait. But I’m here to assure you that the same is not the case with Love And Death. Although by the time you get through the first three episodes and have already given little bits and pieces of your heart to the people and their lives, chances are, you would wish that they were fictional, and the horrid fate didn’t befall them. Bringing her Wanda mind-palace-esque housewife to the hellish tale of Love And Death, Elizabeth Olsen summons a ray-of-sunshine murderer who wasn’t charged with the murder of her lover’s pregnant wife.
- 4/28/2023
- by Lopamudra Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
“Love & Death,” which debuts on HBO Max (soon to be just Max) on April 27, is the second TV telling of the story of Candy Montgomery in less than a year.
The first rendition was Hulu’s “Candy,” starring Jessica Biel in the leading role of Candy and Melanie Lynskey as her neighbor whom she eventually murders, Betty Gore. The series streamed in May 2022, nearly one year ago.
Now, Elizabeth Olsen steps into the role of Montgomery, a housewife from Fairview, Tx., while Lily Rabe portrays Betty, the second-grade teacher. Both shows are based on a true story, explained below. The latest, written by David E. Kelley, draws in part from a two-part Texas Monthly account of the crime.
In 1978, Montgomery was a 29-year-old mother of two when she began an affair with Allan Gore (portrayed in the latest limited series by Jesse Plemmons), who was married to Betty, one of Candy’s friends.
The first rendition was Hulu’s “Candy,” starring Jessica Biel in the leading role of Candy and Melanie Lynskey as her neighbor whom she eventually murders, Betty Gore. The series streamed in May 2022, nearly one year ago.
Now, Elizabeth Olsen steps into the role of Montgomery, a housewife from Fairview, Tx., while Lily Rabe portrays Betty, the second-grade teacher. Both shows are based on a true story, explained below. The latest, written by David E. Kelley, draws in part from a two-part Texas Monthly account of the crime.
In 1978, Montgomery was a 29-year-old mother of two when she began an affair with Allan Gore (portrayed in the latest limited series by Jesse Plemmons), who was married to Betty, one of Candy’s friends.
- 4/27/2023
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Elizabeth Olsen hasn’t been seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since her starring role in Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Although her return is still somewhat up in the air, she’s enjoying her time away from the MCU.
Elizabeth Olsen found it terrifying leading her own television series with Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ Elizabeth Olsen | Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
Olsen has been synonymous with the powerful Scarlet Witch since 2014. Audiences first saw a glimpse of her in the role in an after-credits stinger in The Winter Soldier. Since then, Olsen’s presence has grown throughout the films. From Avengers: Age of Ultron to Endgame, she soon found herself a staple of the superhero franchise. But when she was first cast as the character, she didn’t expect the role to have the longevity that it did.
“I mean, I also didn’t sign a big contract with Marvel,...
Elizabeth Olsen found it terrifying leading her own television series with Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ Elizabeth Olsen | Frazer Harrison / Getty Images
Olsen has been synonymous with the powerful Scarlet Witch since 2014. Audiences first saw a glimpse of her in the role in an after-credits stinger in The Winter Soldier. Since then, Olsen’s presence has grown throughout the films. From Avengers: Age of Ultron to Endgame, she soon found herself a staple of the superhero franchise. But when she was first cast as the character, she didn’t expect the role to have the longevity that it did.
“I mean, I also didn’t sign a big contract with Marvel,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Elizabeth Olsen calls herself an “unemployed” actor — even after playing Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and her latest role as Candy Montgomery in the HBO miniseries “Love & Death.”
“I don’t want to work for work’s sake,” she tells Variety. “I don’t know how to half-ass stuff, so I have to love something a lot. And there are things I love, and it’s tough to raise money for them.”
Olsen, 34, has multiple projects she wants to make with some unnamed first-time narrative directors but is finding it difficult to secure the financing that would allow them to have creative control. So, while she continues navigating Hollywood’s grounds during an unsteady economic time and a possible writer’s strike, she says she’s enjoying this break after working three years straight with Marvel (including two years of shooting and one year of promotion). “I don’t miss it,...
“I don’t want to work for work’s sake,” she tells Variety. “I don’t know how to half-ass stuff, so I have to love something a lot. And there are things I love, and it’s tough to raise money for them.”
Olsen, 34, has multiple projects she wants to make with some unnamed first-time narrative directors but is finding it difficult to secure the financing that would allow them to have creative control. So, while she continues navigating Hollywood’s grounds during an unsteady economic time and a possible writer’s strike, she says she’s enjoying this break after working three years straight with Marvel (including two years of shooting and one year of promotion). “I don’t miss it,...
- 4/27/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
While “Love & Death” creator David E. Kelley was not aware of the plans for another retelling of the Candy Montgomery true crime case when filming started, he would have pursued the project even if he had known “Candy” was in the works at Hulu.
“We thought, and actually we were the first out of the gate with a miniseries, so we didn’t know the other project was coming into being,” Kelley told TheWrap. “If you had asked me, would we have done it, knowing that someone else was doing it first? They probably would have given me pause, but my answer at the end of the day would still be ‘yes,’ because I think the projects are very different.”
After Kelley and director Lesli Linka Glatter were separately sent John Bloom’s Texas Monthly reporting on the case and the book “Evidence of Love: A True Story of...
“We thought, and actually we were the first out of the gate with a miniseries, so we didn’t know the other project was coming into being,” Kelley told TheWrap. “If you had asked me, would we have done it, knowing that someone else was doing it first? They probably would have given me pause, but my answer at the end of the day would still be ‘yes,’ because I think the projects are very different.”
After Kelley and director Lesli Linka Glatter were separately sent John Bloom’s Texas Monthly reporting on the case and the book “Evidence of Love: A True Story of...
- 4/27/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
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