Jesse Plemons has just picked up a lead role inLove and Death, the scripted limited series in the works at HBO Max. Based on the story of real-life axe murderer Candy Montgomery, the series also starsWandaVisionfavorite Elizabeth Olsen. Plemons will play Allan Gore, the man involved in a love triangle that resulted in the horrific killing of his wife, Betty.
Love and Deathcomes from the duo of David E. Kelley and Nicole Kidman and Lionsgate Television. Inspired by the bookEvidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbsalong with a collection of articles from Texas Monthly, it is written by Kelley and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland). It centers on the lives of two church-going couples in the 1980s, with an affair resulting inone wife murdering the other.
Jesse Plemonsis well known for his Emmy nominated role in the TV seriesFargo. He also played the ruthless murderer Todd Alquist in the final two seasons ofBreaking Bad, a role he reprised in 2019 forEl Camino: A Breaking Bad Movieon Netflix. The actor was also nominated for an Emmy for his role inBlack Mirror, starring in the particularly memorable episode “USS Callister.” Plemons also starred in Martin Scorsese’s acclaimed movieThe Irishmanand more recently appeared as Roy Mitchell inJudas and The Black Messiah.
Last year, Plemons also starred in a short film that was released on YouTube months after the release ofEl Camino. The short featured Plemons in the role of hisBreaking Badcharacter one more time, depicting Todd Alquist putting together a custom snow globe with miniature figurines of himself and Lydia Rodarte-Quayle (Laura Fraser). Todd also tries to call Lydia to ask her on a date, but fails. The character’s repeated attempts to woo Lydia were also shown onBreaking Bad.
Plemons will reunite with Scorsese to appear in the upcoming movieKillers of the Flower Moon. He’s also set to appear with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt inJungle Cruise, which hits theaters on July 30. His other upcoming credits include Scott Cooper’s horror movieAntlersand the Netflix dramaThe Power of the Dogwith Benedict Cumberbatch and his real-life fiance Kirsten Dunst.
Interestingly enough,Love and Deathis not the only series based onCandy Montgomerythat’s currently in the works. Along withElizabeth Olsen, Elisabeth Moss will also play the axe murderer in the separate seriesCandywith Moss also serving as an executive producer. In development for Hulu, the series comes fromThe Actwriter and co-exec producer Robin Veith and Nick Antosca. Moss is also known for her work on the Hulu seriesThe Handmaid’s Taleand starred in last year’s hit horror movieThe Invisible Man.
Love and Deathis produced by David E. Kelley under his David E. Kelley Productions banner, alongside Kidman and Per Saari of Blossom Films. Also executive producing are Lesli Linka Glatter, Scott Brown and Megan Creydt through Texas Monthly, Matthew Tinker, Michael Klick, and Helen Verno. A release date hasn’t yet been set atHBO Max. This news comes to us fromDeadline.
