‘Love & Death’ Star Elizabeth Olsen Talks Finding Humanity in an Axe Murder
‘Love & Death’ Star Elizabeth Olsen Talks Finding Humanity in an Axe Murder at SXSW Premiere, as Austin-Based Cast and Crew Cheer https://t.co/UDFFpt9wMB
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'Love & Death' is an HBO Max miniseries based off the life of Candy Montgomery who killed her neighbor with an axe after having an affair with her husband.
Olsen said she was drawn to the nuance of Candy. “I fell in love with the way David [E. Kelley] wrote the first few episodes,” she said. “[Candy] was just so optimistic and resilient and hopeful and striving for more and had a deep hole in her life. She didn’t have any resources trying to fill it. So she’s doing the best she can with what she’s got and I just loved that about her.”
Executive producer and showrunner David E. Kelley said "The story was so juicy and the characters were complex and human. It’s not often you find a nostalgic, warm community series that ends with an axe murderer.”