Elizabeth Olsen had no idea 'Love and Death' is based on a true story

Love and Death’s Elizabeth Olsen had no idea the script was based on a true story.

The Hulu mini-series chronicles the murder of a small-town Texas housewife, by her friend. Elizabeth Olsen admitted she believed the screenplay was fictional.

“No one clearly explained to me that it was a true story. So, I was thinking that it was based off of short fiction,” Olsen told Variety.

Olsen loves creativity in portraying characters and the task of decoding perplexing characters on screen, the Marvel star admitted. It is what moved her to accept the role.

“I don’t know what people want out of something they’re watching, besides the baseline of being entertained,” Olsen says.

“But I do think we want to watch people fail and see how they resolve whatever the failure is. I think we want to watch people make decisions we think we’d never make because it’s like trying to watch someone work themselves out of a puzzle.”

“I think we want to watch people make decisions we think we’d never make because it’s like trying to watch someone work themselves out of a puzzle,” says Olsen.

Love and Death is a dramatization of a true story about Candy Montgomery, a religious mother who kills her friend Betty Gore.

The cast of the Hulu series includes Lily Rabe (American Horror Story) who plays Betty Gore besides Elizabeth Olsen. The series has been directed by David E Kelley.