Just two months after Elizabeth Olsen has signed on to play murdered Candy Montgomery in HBO Max s Love and Death, Lily Rabe has come aboard to play victim Betty Gore.
The new series is based on the true story of the grisly 1980 killing of Betty Gore, who was struck 41 times with an axe by Candy Montgomery, with Deadline revealing the news of Rabe s casting.
The horrific murder rocked the small town of Wylie, Texas, which will serve as the basis for both this series and another show on Hulu starring Elisabeth Moss.
Killer role: Lily Rabe has signed on to play murderer Betty Gore in the HBO Max project Love And Death
Jesse Plemons to star opposite Elizabeth Olsen in HBO s Love and Death ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 17:02 IST
As per Variety, the forthcoming series, produced by Lionsgate, is inspired by the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs and a collection of articles from Texas Monthly ( Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I and II ).
The Breaking Bad alum will play Allan Gore, while Olsen was previously announced to play Candy Montgomery.
According to the logline, the show follows two church-going couples, enjoying small-town family life in Texas (or, at least they do until somebody picks up an axe). The series is based on the true story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery, who murdered her friend from church, Betty Gore, with an axe in 1980.
Jesse Plemons is finding
Judas and the Black Messiah actor has been cast in HBO Max’s limited series
Love and Death, a true crime series from
Big Little Lies creator
David E. Kelley.
The more Jesse Plemons keeps working, the more blessed we are. Plemons has been on a hot streak recently, with incredible supporting turns in films like
Judas and the Black Messiah and
I’m Thinking of Ending Things. Even greater things are to come now that he’s found his niche as a disarmingly menacing character actor, which he honed in shows like
Fargo, Breaking Bad, and
Jesse Plemons to star in HBO Max series Love and Death
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25 May 2021, 22:03 GMT+10
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Emmy-nominated actor Jesse Plemons has been cast opposite WandaVision star Elizabeth Olsen in the HBO Max original limited series Love and Death .
As per Variety, the forthcoming series, produced by Lionsgate, is inspired by the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs and a collection of articles from Texas Monthly ( Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I and II ).
The Breaking Bad alum will play Allan Gore, while Olsen was previously announced to play Candy Montgomery.