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Love & Death (TV Mini Series 2023) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
- Elizabeth Olsen - Candy Montgomery
- Jesse Plemons - Allan Gore
- Patrick Fugit - Pat Montgomery
- Lily Rabe - Betty Gore
- Kira Pozehl - Elaine Williams
- Harper Heath - Alisa Gore
- Keir Gilchrist - Ron Adams
- Elizabeth Marvel - Jackie Ponder
- Tom Pelphrey - Don Crowder
- Krysten Ritter - Sherry Cleckler
Elizabeth Olsen, who is famously known as the MCU's Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet Witch, will be pushed to the forefront in a different and surprising role in Love & Death. Olsen will portray Candace "Candy" Montgomery, an ordinary housewife from Wylie, Texas who murdered middle school teacher Betty Gore. Candy had an affair with Betty's husband, ...
Jesse Plemons (Netflix's The Power of Dog) will portray Allan Gore, the husband of Betty and the one who had an extramarital affair with Candy. In the January 1984 edition of Texas Monthlymagazine, Allan is described as a churchgoing man with a sense of humor. Allan and Candy first met during a church volleyball game, which was followed by weeks of...
Patrick Fugit will portray Pat Montgomery, an electrical engineer and the husband of Olsen's Candy. According to Texas Monthly, Pat and Candy's marriage was described as "comfortable," with Pat making a good salary at a technology company named Texas Instruments. However, Candy admitted that her life was boring due to Pat's job being routine, leadi...
Lilly Rabe (American Horror Story) is set to play Betty Gore, the middle school teacher who befriends Candy and the wife of Allan. Betty's close friendship with Candy led her to eventually meet Allan, culminating in their extramarital affair. While Allan was away on a business trip, Betty was brutally murdered by Candy, striking her with an axe 41 ...
Kira Pozehl will play Elaine Williams in Love & Death. It is unknown what her exact role will be, but it's possible that she is one of either Betty or Allan's neighbors who could be aware of their affair.
Harper Heath plays Alisa Gore, the eldest daughter of Allan and Betty. According to Oxygen's program Snapped, Candy told authorities that Alisa stayed at her house overnight and that she had seen Betty in the morning to retrieve her swimsuit ahead of a swimming lesson. Upon her arrival to get the swimsuit, Betty confronted Candy about her affair wi...
Keir Gilchrist plays Pastor Ron Adams in Love & Death. The character will serve as the pastor of the Methodist Church of Lucas, the place where Betty and Candy first met.
Elizabeth Marvel plays Pastor Jackie Ponder (via Deadline), one of the pastors in the Methodist Church of Lucas. The actress joins Keir Gilchrist's Pastor Ron Adams in the stellar cast.
Tom Pelphrey will portray Don Crowder, Candy Montgomery's attorney in the trial for the murder of Betty Gore. In the official trailer of the series, Crowder can be seen telling Candy that "the jury needs to see [her] as a human," indicating that Love & Deathwill show how he will go all-out in defending his client in court.
Krysten Ritter plays Sherry Cleckler, Candy Montgomery's business partner and closest friend. Sherry and Candy reportedly discussed almost everything about their lives, most notably the latter's affair with Allan Gore. According to Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbsby Jim Atkinson and John Bloom, Sherry revealed why ...
- Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons
- Content Lead, Content Creator, Writer
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- Entertainment Resource Writer
- Elizabeth Olsen as Candy Montgomery. Elizabeth Olsen's starring role in Love & Death was announced shortly after she appeared in the critically praised Disney+ series WandaVision, in which she reprises her MCU role as Wanda Maximoff.
- Jesse Plemons as Allan Gore. Allan Gore, Candy Montgomery's secret lover and the husband of Betty Gore, will be played by Jesse Plemons. Betty was a student and Allan was a teacher's assistant at the Texas college where they first met.
- Lily Rabe as Betty Gore. The talented Lily Rabe will take the role of Betty Gore, who meets a horrific fate after getting hit by an axe 41 times. After giving birth to her and Allan's first child, she reportedly had post-partum depression, but it went untreated because of a lack of awareness about the subject in the 1970s.
- Patrick Fugit as Pat Montgomery. Outcast star Patrick Fugit plays Candy's affluent and reclusive husband Pat Montgomery. Pat initially met Candy at Texas Instruments, where she worked as a secretary, and he was an electrical engineer on complex military radar systems.
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- Senior TV & Movies Writer
- Love & Death cast and characters. There are plenty of important figures to take note of in Love & Death, which is described in the official logline as a “riveting drama” that tells the true story of “two churchgoing couples enjoying their smalltown Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.”
- Candy Montgomery: Elizabeth Olsen. HBO Max. Elizabeth Olsen plays Candy Montgomery, the fun-lovin’, church-lovin’, smalltown housewife whose quest to find a deeper meaning to life ends in a brutal killing.
- Allan Gore: Jesse Plemons. HBO Max. Jesse Plemons plays Allan Gore, a family man who enters a meticulously organized love affair with Candy. Allan is a man of his era, often struggling to express his emotions while also grappling with the guilt of cheating on his wife.
- Pat Montgomery: Patrick Fugit. HBO Max. Patrick Fugit plays Pat Montgomery, Candy’s long-suffering husband who, much like Allan, has a hard time expressing his feelings.
Love & Death is an American biographical crime drama miniseries directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and Clark Johnson, written by David E. Kelley that premiered on April 27, 2023, on HBO Max. [a] [5] [6] It stars Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit, Krysten Ritter, Tom Pelphrey, Elizabeth Marvel, and Keir Gilchrist.
Jul 20, 2024 · The cast also includes Elizabeth Marvel, Tom Pelphrey, Krysten Ritter, and Keir Gilchrist. Love & Death spins the astonishing true tale of Candy Montgomery, portrayed by...
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Love & Death: Created by David E. Kelley. With Elizabeth Olsen, Jesse Plemons, Lily Rabe, Patrick Fugit. Two churchgoing couples enjoy small town family life in Texas - until somebody picks up an axe.
