Jessica Biel becomes an axe murderer in teaser for Hulu’s Candy
The miniseries is based on the true story of a 1980 Texas killing
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The suburbs sure are sinister in the first trailer for Candy on Hulu. Based on the true story of a 1980 murder, the five-episode series (how British!) stars Jessica Biel (BoJack Horseman) as Candy Montgomery, a seemingly perfect Texas housewife whose dark side emerged in the shocking death of Betty Gore, played by Melanie Lynskey (Don’t Look Up).
Montgomery had embarked on an affair with Gore’s husband Allan; after being confronted about it, she hit her church friend with an axe 41 times. Her confession was extracted through hypnosis by a psychiatrist, who testified that she was unaware of the brutality after having a “dissociative reaction.”
Candy looks to follow Montgomery from the beginning of her friendship with Gore through the dramatic trial in which she was acquitted of murder after pleading self defense. Foreboding shots of fruit punch, a meat tenderizer, and, of course, an axe promise a chilling tale.
Biel, who also executive produced the miniseries, previously starred in The Sinner and the Facebook Watch series Limetown, which is apparently a real thing that exists. Lynskey is back for another period piece Hulu miniseries after being part of the ensemble cast of Mrs. America; more recently, she was acclaimed for her role on Yellowjackets. Candy also features Timothy Simons (Veep), Pablo Schreiber (Orange Is The New Black), and Raúl Esparza (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit).
Candy was co-created by Nick Antosca, who previously brought The Act to Hulu. The streamer will be further expanding its catalog of true crime miniseries when The Girl From Plainville debuts later this month.
Candy premieres on May 9, with new episodes releasing daily through May 13.
Another miniseries about Montgomery, starring Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) and Lily Rabe (Legion), will arrive from HBO Max and Big Little Lies’ David E. Kelley later this year.
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Between the GQP control of the place and all the murderers who live there, I’ll avoid Texas for a bit.
Like all of the South, the cities and the countryside are different worlds, though. There are islands of blue amidst the red.
Small islands that can be drowned by the sea of red ignorance.
The big cities aren’t very blue. Austin is an anomaly and even it is oversold as a liberal city.
Never heard Houston described as small before.
Nah, I’ll keep frequent Texas for BBQ reason alone, also Buc-ee’s.
Texas has a huge population, there’s gonna be murderers. California’s got plenty of murderers, because there’s lots of Californians and no good pizza places.
Pizza Port in Solana Beach. Pretty good, and also the source of the Southern Californian craft beer scene — many key people from both Stone and Ballast Point started out in the 1990s at Pizza Port.
I guess what comes around goes around & Melanie Lynskey shouldn’t have brutally murdered her mother in Heavenly Creatures
Or defended Stephen Glass in Shattered Glass!
Or thrown Charlie Sheen in front of that subway train!Actually, that one’s okay.
I was just thinking. Just her bearing in this trailer actually reminded me of the mother’s character.
I find it very hard to buy Jessica Biel from anything not set in the present day. Some actors have a certain look that makes it hard to picture them anywhere, and I don’t know that this is going to break the cycle.
“Biel with it” as her self-mocking caricature in Bojack Horseman put it.
Unbielievable!
so true, gorgeous gorgeous girl, but she’s so very modern looking. her and Blake Lively I’m always thrown when they are in anything time period related.
I agree, and would say the same thing about Kristen Stewart. Although I thought they were both pretty good in Cafe Society, a Woody Allen movie they did a few years ago, so I guess I’m not consistent.
If Biel is going to be known from her work on Bojack Horseman, then you need to start referring to her as “Future hard Jeopardy question” or “Less famous Michelle Monaghan”.
“So I married an axe murderer!” – Justin Timberlake