Tom Pelphrey Talks Trying Out True Crime with ‘Love & Death’ and His Life-Changing ‘Ozark’ Role

Love & Death's finale on Max this Thursday. If you're not caught up on , Lily Rabe, Jesse Plemons, Patrick Fugit, Tom Pelphrey, and more, do so now. The finale is one of the most intense and stunning hours of television I've seen. Viewers will see the struggle between Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore that led to Gore's death, and it's gruesome.

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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.

A sequel to the 2003 body-swap comedy Freaky Friday is in the works at Disney with Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan expected to reprise their roles. Elyse Hollander is penning the script to the sequel.

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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.

Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst are coming up on a big milestone this summer, their 1-year wedding anniversary. ET's Deidre Behar caught up with Plemons at the premiere of his new HBO Max show,, and the 35-year-old actor said he wasn't sure how married life would differ from the one he and Dunst created after they started dating in 2016.Plemons and Dunst met on the set of  and started dating in 2016.

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.

Tom Pelphrey and Kaley Cuoco are enjoying their first night out as new parents!ET's Deidre Behar spoke to Pelphrey at the premiere of his new HBO Max series, , where he spoke about stepping out for the pair's first date night since welcoming daughter Matilda last month.«Yes, this is our first date night since Matilda was born,» the  alum confirmed before gushing over Cuoco.He continued, «It's amazing. I mean, Kaley looks so beautiful.

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!

Tom Pelphrey and Kaley Cuoco are enjoying their first night out as new parents!ET's Deidre Behar spoke to Pelphrey at the premiere of his new HBO Max series, , where he spoke about stepping out for the pair's first date night since welcoming daughter Matilda last month.«Yes, this is our first date night since Matilda was born,» the  alum confirmed before gushing over Cuoco.He continued, «It's amazing. I mean, Kaley looks so beautiful.

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Tom Pelphrey is living in baby girl bliss! In March, the actor and his partner, Kaley Cuoco, welcomed their first child, a daughter named Matilda.