What I really like about her evolution is that she cares a little bit less by the end of the show. I really hate in TV shows and movies when someone’s fighting for their life or for their kid and they’re going on this long goose chase trying to get their life back together and they look amazing. They somehow put an outfit together, and I can barely put an outfit together when I’m just going to the grocery store.
So, yeah, I really liked those scenes where she’s just in jeans and a T-shirt. She’s just going around trying to put her life together. I do like that that symbolizes in a lot of ways too that she just stopped giving a fuck. I think that’s what you’re seeing by the end, when she’s making every bad decision possible. It’s like all fucks have been lost.
What are your hopes for season two? I know obviously nothing’s confirmed yet, but what are you hoping for for Sophie?
I would love nothing more than for Sophie to have a little bit more guidance and to not be manipulated as easily, because once you find out your girlfriend is a murderer, I think things change a little quickly. But it does put Sophie and Margo on even ground in a lot of ways that I find very interesting to explore, because now Sophie is a murderer as well. I’m going to be interested to see how that dynamic plays out, and I’m hoping that she doesn’t forgive Margo and it takes a lot more to get them back together.
Tell me a little bit about your decision to take on a project like this, as well as The Beast in Me and untitled Murdaugh Murders? You seem really interested in thrillers.
I always attract projects that I find fascinating in some way, and I love murder mystery stuff. I’m such a quintessential true crime junkie. With Hunting Wives and with Untitled Murdaugh Murders and with Beast In Me, I think the thing that really holds them all together and what I’m fascinated by are these really interesting characters within this puzzle that you’re trying to figure out.
There’s depth to these characters and it’s more of a dramatic leaning thing for me, which I actually find really fun. A lot of my career was musicals and comedies, and I love doing that, but I wanted to try something that was a little bit different. So, I’m really glad that it’s happening that way, but it’s not necessarily that purposeful. It’s not like I will only do murder mysteries.
It’s so fun to see you in a new light, especially because I grew up on John Tucker Must Die, Hairspray, and the Pitch Perfect films. What has it been like to grow up in the spotlight, and to evolve from those teen roles?
I am just really, really grateful that people still care. I mean, it’s been a really long time that I’ve been around, starting as a kid. I’m just always amazed that people remember—and I mean this genuinely—John Tucker Must Die and things like that. It’s nice because I’ve been growing up with everyone in a way, and these roles reflect that we’re all growing up and we all like different things.
