Elizabeth Olsen in Texas ax-murder drama: ‘really bad choices’
nypost.comHBO Max miniseries premieres April 27 and written by David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”). It’s based on the true story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery (Olsen), who was accused of ax-murdering her friend Betty Gore (Lily Rabe) in 1980, after having an affair with Betty’s husband, Allan (Jesse Plemons).“I don’t usually judge characters, and I’ve played some characters that make really bad choices,” Olsen, 34, told The Post. “I think I’m confused a lot.
There are so many times where [Candy’s actions] are hard for me to understand. But it’s not helpful to judge a character; you don’t benefit the story by doing that.” The series follows Candy and her husband Pat Montgomery (Patrick Fugit), and their friends, Betty and her husband Allan, two seemingly innocuous small-town couples who are also pillars of their community.Allan and Betty are trying to have a child; Candy sings in her church choir and is interested in creative writing.
Both couples play recreational volleyball and regularly meet with their other friends to discuss how to attract more young people to their church. (Krysten Ritter and Tom Pelphrey play their friends.)When Candy and Allan start having an affair it sets the two families on a fatal collision course that shakes up their community and makes headlines.“I usually make a playlist for whatever I’m working on,” Plemons, 35, told The Post. “Early on, this song ‘That Summer Feeling’ by Jonathan Richman came on.
Thinking about that song and listening to it in the context of the show was really heartbreaking. It was such a specific emotion in that song, and in this show.“I think sometimes — and I’m not just talking about these characters — [that] people find themselves in a state of mind where something else.
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