'Dirty John': Inside Amanda Peet’s 'Balls to the Wall' Portrayal of Betty Broderick (Exclusive)
After years of slim pickings Amanda Peet has finally found a role to chew on, portraying betrayed wife and convicted murderer Betty Broderick in the second installment of the , USA Network’s anthology true-crime series. “It was very exciting for me to get a part like this at this time,” says Peet, who delivers a career-defining performance. “I’m 48 and so many of the parts that I get are to play someone’s mom or someone’s wife and the part isn’t very interesting and it's not very challenging. So I could see right away that I was going to have to be balls to the wall.”