When Jessica Biel gets involved in a project, she doesn’t do it halfway! The actress, known for her roles in seven at home Where The Sinner, is currently filming a new mini-series for the Hulu platform. And as she embodies the real Candy Montgomery, an American murderer of the 80s, she decided to transform herself entirely to resemble the role as much as possible.
With a bob and chestnut haircut, big glasses and a blue dress, she was photographed in the street, almost incognito. Protected by a long black coat, she looked exactly like the young woman who had been accused of having killed her best friend with an ax in October 1980 but released by the court. It is also around the trial that the series will revolve, of which Jessica Biel is also a producer.
This story had hit the headlines in the United States at the material time: several months after having slept with the husband of her friend Betty Gore, Candy Montgomery had stopped one day at her house and after a big argument, had ended up kill her with an axe. However, and despite the 41 ax blows, she had pleaded self-defense, explaining that the weapon belonged to her friend and that the many blows were the result of psychological shock.
Acquitted, she was then able to return home, and her story inspired Jessica Biel. It has been touring much less for a few years but now likes to devote itself to dark dramas. Series The Sinnerreleased in 2017, earned him a nomination for the Golden Globes and the Emmy Awards.
Known at a very young age, the actress now devotes a lot of time to her two sons, Silas, born in 2015 and Phinneas, born discreetly after confinement. This little boy had also been a real surprise when rumors of separations ran after an evening a little too drunk on the part of Justin Timberlake, his companion since 2007.