Elle Fanning Joins Her 'Girl from Plainville' Co-Stars Colton Ryan & Chloe Sevigny at the SXSW Premiere

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Elle Fanning stars as Michelle Carter in the new Hulu limited series The Girl From Plainville, which is inspired by the true story of the “texting suicide” case that sent Michelle to prison. The show is based on the Esquire article of the same name by Jesse Barron and follows Michelle’s relationship with Conrad Roy III, played by Colton Ryan, and the events that ultimately led to Conrad’s tragic death.

Emily Longeretta Elle Fanning was beyond focused when it came time to play Michelle Carter, the teen who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III (played by Colton Ryan), to end his life.The court case was splashed all over the news in 2017, so Fanning had footage to study when preparing for Hulu’s “The Girl From Plainville.” However, that wasn’t what she spent hours watching. Instead, she binged “Glee,” which was Carter’s favorite show, so much so that it took over parts of her life.“She was a huge ‘Glee’ fan. I had seen the show, but I watched a lot of it on set.

Emily Longeretta For Elle Fanning to prepare to play Michelle Clark, there were hours of tape to watch. That was not the case for Colton Ryan, who was cast as Conrad “Coco” Roy III in Hulu’s upcoming drama “The Girl From Plainville.” With limited content of the late teen, who died by suicide in 2014, Ryan took a different approach.First, he read the scripts for the show and instantly connected to Roy — so much that he tells Variety he didn’t merely “want” to do the role, he had a “profound need” to take it.“I didn’t realize until after we wrapped how essentially important it would be to me, not just as an artist, but as Colton. When I first started researching, they sent us a whole Dropbox, the research and the court documents and timelines,” he says.

, Elle Fanning is back with another standout performance as Michelle Carter in the streaming platform’s latest true-crime series,. Adapted from Jesse Barron’s article by creators Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus, the eight-part saga retells the story surrounding the 2017 texting suicide case, which resulted in Carter being convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the 2014 death of Conrad Roy. “Her look definitely evolves and changes a lot, and she grows up a lot,” says Fanning, who underwent a dramatic physical and mental transformation in order to portray Carter, a lonely teenage girl who had a two-year relationship with a boy she briefly met during a vacation in Florida that largely unfolded over text message before he killed himself.

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Elle Fanning makes Francis Ford Coppola laugh at a memory between them during his Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Ceremony on Monday (March 21) in Hollywood, Calif.

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Elle Fanning sure knows how to get pulses racing! The star shocked fans after sharing a very cheeky backstage photo.MORE: Elle Fanning shares never-before-seen pictures in heartfelt tribute to sister DakotaOn Sunday night, the actress attended the Critics Choice Awards, for which she wore a stunning gold sequin strapless Oscar de la Renta gown fit for a princess.She however proved every bit of award show prep isn't always glamorous, taking fans behind-the-scenes as she tried to go to the bathroom in her voluminous gown.WATCH: Elle shared big news about the future of her hit Hulu show The GreatMORE: Elle Fanning leaves fans shocked by her appearance for new true crime roleThe The Girl from Plainville actress shared a hilarious photo of herself leaning back on a toilet with her toned legs lifted as she held on to a railing and flew her arm up. Fans were left not knowing where to look, either the stunning gown, the toilet paper in Elle's hand or most surprising of all, the nude thong stretched between her knees.Actress Joey King noted the chaotic features of the candid moment, commenting: "Tag yourself.

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“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me” is a popular idiom dating back to the 19th century – but it couldn’t have foreseen the power of the text message. In 2017, an unprecedented “texting-suicide” trial made national headlines when Michelle Carter was accused of urging her boyfriend Conrad Roy III to end his own life.