Following the recent casting of Melanie Lynskey as Betty Gore, Variety brings word that Emmy nominee Pablo Schreiber has officially signed on to star opposite Jessica Biel in Hulu’s forthcoming true-crime drama Candy, centering around the real-life Texas axe killer Candy Montgomery.
Interestingly, the Candy Montgomery story is also getting a limited series adaptation at HBO Max titled Love and Death, with Emmy nominee Elizabeth Olsen as its lead.
Candy will be based on the real-life story of the titular infamous ax killer and her victim Betty Gore.
Schreiber is set to portray the role of Betty’s husband named Alan Gore, who is a Silicon Prairie engineer.