She can’t believe what she’s been through.
She can’t believe what her character has been through.
She looks at a mirror.
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“I came home with this ’80s makeup.
I had been working for 13 hours,” Peet recalls.
“I look in the mirror.
I look like a middle-aged Joker.
I was like ‘Wow, I might be losing it.'”
The show was a hit, earningConnie Britton an Emmy nominationfor her performance as Debra Newell.
But as soon as they could begin rejoicing, their bridge of love and comfort burned to a crisp.
To be clear, this isn’t a Betty Broderick revisionist story, Cunningham says.
“That was supposed to be a good thing.
That knee-jerk concept that we’re all kind of aware of is the 50-50 split [of property].
I have yet to see that pan out for anybody.”
She adds, “It is not my intention to have created a thing that bashes Dan.
Dan created a bear that he couldn’t stop poking.
It was cyclical until the bear went rogue.”
Peet viewed her character through the lens of mental illness.
“We weren’t interested in doing an imitation of her real life,” Peet says.
“The bottom line is, she’s a murderer,” she says.
“She did it, and there are no two ways about that.
Season 2 ofDirty Johndebuts Tuesday, June 2, at 9 p.m.
