Elizabeth Olsen propositions Jesse Plemons in the first teaser trailer for HBO Max’s Love & Death. The seven-episode limited series is based on the true story of Candy Montgomery who was accused of picking up an axe and giving her friend 41 whacks.
Candy was arrested for the vicious murder of Betty Gore, the wife of her lover, in June 1980. Jesse Plemons plays Candy’s lover, Allan Gore, and Lily Rabe stars as Betty. Patrick Fugit is Candy’s husband, Pat. The cast also includes Krysten Ritter, Tom Pelphrey, Keir Gilchrist, and Elizabeth Marvel.
HBO Max has set an April 27, 2023 premiere date, with new episodes arriving on Thursdays.
The limited series is inspired by Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by John Bloom and Jim Atkinson, as well as Texas Monthly articles. David E. Kelley writes and Lesli Linka Glatter directs. Matthew Tinker, Michael Klick, Helen Verno, Linka Glatter, and David E. Kelley (through his David E. Kelley Productions) serve as executive producers. Additional executive producers include Blossom Films’ Nicole Kidman and Per Saari along with Texas Monthly‘s Scott Brown and Megan Creydt.
The story of Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore was previously told in the 1990 television movie A Killing in a Small Town starring Barbara Hershey as Candy. And Jessica Biel slipped into the accused axe-murderer’s shoes for Hulu’s 2022 limited series Candy.
The Plot, Courtesy of HBO Max:
Love & Death tells the true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore – two churchgoing couples enjoying their small-town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
