Elizabeth Olsen Limited Series ‘Love & Death’ Is Well-Made, but We’ve Seen It Before: TV Review

Elizabeth Olsen is opening up about the pivotal scene in Love & Death that she needed to use a stunt double for.

Guiding Light), been nominated for a Primetime Emmy (for a memorable guest role on Ozark), and starred in the Oscar-nominated best picture Mank opposite Gary Oldman). So it's only normal to have watched the first four episodes of and wondered why the actor wasn't more in the spotlight. You don't just cast Tom Pelphrey for background eye candy, no matter how prestigious the series may be. “It's so interesting because in the first few episodes he's there, but he's not a main character,” says executive producer and director Lesli Linka Glatter.

Emmys love in the Limited Series category, but that doesn’t mean the show won’t see a second season. A source close to the production told TheWrap that creators Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez always intended for Season 1 of the genre-bending series to have a “conclusive and satisfying ending” with the finale episode airing Thursday, May 18. The source added that while discussions on a potential second installment have not started, “nothing is off the table.”“[The finale] really ties the whole story together.

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Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards and Features Editor Though Tom Pelphrey was already a two-time Daytime Emmy-winner for his work in the daytime drama “Guiding Light” and had been working steadily on stage and screen, his move to “Ozark’s” third season took his career to a new level. He blazed onscreen as Ben Davis, the bipolar brother of Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney), and seemingly shot to stardom overnight. It’s been a busy couple of years for the actor both professionally and personally — his partner Kaley Cuoco gave birth to their first child, a daughter, on March 30. And now Pelphrey is starring in “Love and Death,” HBO Max’s limited series from David E. Kelley about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery (played by Elisabeth Olsen), who killed her friend Betty Gore in 1980 after being confronted with evidence of Montgomery’s affair with Gore’s husband. (Montgomery pleaded self-defense and was acquitted of murder.) Pelphrey plays Don Crowder, a friend of Candy’s who becomes her defense attorney, despite never having tried a criminal case.

Elizabeth Olsen and husband Robbie Arnett are enjoying a day out together.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Big names from across movies and television are coming together to voice their support for the Writers Guild of America strike, which officially started on Tuesday. Notable creators speaking out include “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” writers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, “Dopesick” writer and director Danny Strong and “Mrs. Davis” writers and producers Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez.

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Emily Longeretta “Love & Death,” which debuts on HBO Max (soon to be just Max) on April 27, is the second TV telling of the story of Candy Montgomery in less than a year. The first rendition was Hulu’s “Candy,” starring Jessica Biel in the leading role of Candy and Melanie Lynskey as her neighbor whom she eventually murders, Betty Gore. The series streamed in May 2022, nearly one year ago. Now, Elizabeth Olsen steps into the role of Montgomery, a housewife from Fairview, Tx., while Lily Rabe portrays Betty, the second-grade teacher. Both shows are based on a true story, explained below. The latest, written by David E. Kelley, draws in part from a two-part Texas Monthly account of the crime.

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Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Elizabeth Olsen calls herself an “unemployed” actor — even after playing Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and her latest role as Candy Montgomery in the HBO miniseries “Love & Death.” “I don’t want to work for work’s sake,” she tells Variety. “I don’t know how to half-ass stuff, so I have to love something a lot. And there are things I love, and it’s tough to raise money for them.” Olsen, 34, has multiple projects she wants to make with some unnamed first-time narrative directors but is finding it difficult to secure the financing that would allow them to have creative control. So, while she continues navigating Hollywood’s grounds during an unsteady economic time and a possible writer’s strike, she says she’s enjoying this break after working three years straight with Marvel (including two years of shooting and one year of promotion). “I don’t miss it,” she says.

Kaley Cuoco is keeping her daughter close to her heart. The actress paid tribute to her baby girl with a meaningful accessory while stepping out for her first red carpet since giving birth on March 30. Cuoco joined partner Tom Pelphrey at the premiere of his new HBO Max original miniseries,, on Wednesday night, donning a flowy blue gown and a sparkling nameplate necklace of her daughter's name, Matilda. «Yes, this is our first date night since Matilda was born,» Pelphrey told ET's Deidre Behar on the red carpet before gushing over Cuoco.He continued, «It's amazing.

HBO Max miniseries premieres April 27 and written by David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”).

Murder in the heartland. Elizabeth Olsen plays a Texas housewife with a very dark secret in HBO Max’s new series Love & Death.

and  -- are chronicling the lives in the small Texas town of Wylie and the events leading up to her death at the hands of accused axe murderer Candy Montgomery.Not since the 1990 TV movie,, has Montgomery's story been explored this in-depth onscreen, with Jessica Biel portraying her in the five-part, which is now streaming on Hulu, while Elizabeth Olsen takes over the role in, which unfolds over seven episodes on HBO Max.While the two projects have naturally drawn comparisons, there's more to each series, with Olsen explaining to ET that «stories that are interesting deserve to be told and every way you're going to tell it.»And just like the crime — and everything surrounding Betty's death, including the other real-life characters and scandals involved — Candy's story is far more complicated than one woman taking an axe to another. Married to Pat Montgomery and a mother of two children, Candy was a seemingly typical, 30-year-old housewife living in Collin County, Texas, who became close friends with Betty, a fellow housewife and mother who was also a middle school teacher. According to , it was the regularly attended service at the First United Methodist Church of Lucas «that first brought Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore together, and it was the church that led them to their times of closeness and, eventually, to their mutual hatred and Betty’s brutal death.»The church is also where Candy, who had grown bored with Pat, decided to have an affair with Betty’s husband, Allan Gore. More specifically, the moment that pushed her over the edge «happened on the church volleyball court, on a late-summer day in 1978,» when the two collided during a play. After that, Candy set her sights on Allan.

Elizabeth Olsen isn’t really sure what to make of being named the “internet’s mom.” While she had attained the title some time ago, the popularity really took off when she presented an award at this year’s Oscars alongside Pedro Pascal — famously, the “internet’s daddy.”

Elizabeth Olsen isn't really sure what to make of being named the «internet's mom» after she presented at this year's Oscars alongside Pedro Pascal — famously, the «internet's daddy.»The celebrated actress walked the carpet at the premiere of her new drama series — held at the Directors Guild Of America theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday — and she spoke with ET's Deidre Behar about the unusual moniker.«I really don't get it,» admitted Olsen, who largely stays off social media in general. «My friends have tried to explain to me that it's, like, a good thing? I don't know.»«Like, mothers are great, I guess, but I don't know.

Elizabeth Olsen and Jesse Plemons are stepping out for the premiere of their new HBO Max limited series!

Love & Death will premiere on HBO Max this week – you can find episode details below.The upcoming crime drama is based on the true story of Candy Montgomery, a housewife in 1980s Wylie, Texas, who pursues an affair with Allan Gore, her best friend Betty’s husband.Montgomery was accused and tried for murdering Betty, who was found dead in her home with multiple axe wounds.Alongside Olsen, the upcoming mini-series also stars Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe and Krysten Ritter.There will be seven episodes of the mini-series in total, with the first three dropping on HBO Max on April 27.

Elizabeth Olsen makes her chilling debut as Candy Montgomery, a woman accused of killing her friend with an axe, in the HBO Max true-crime drama,, written by David E. Kelley and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter. While this is the first time Olsen has portrayed the infamous housewife, it's actually the second time in one year that audiences will get to explore the lives and events leading up to the 1980 murder of Betty Gore.