NEW YORK, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- The Hunting Wives and Pitch Perfect actress Brittany Snow says her new true-crime series, Murdaugh: Death in the Family, shows a dark side of humanity most people prefer to think doesn't actually exist.
Now streaming on Hulu, the series is based on Mandy Matney's podcast about Alex Murdaugh (Jason Clarke), a prominent South Carolina attorney convicted of murdering his wife Maggie (Patricia Arquette) and son Paul (Johnny Berchtold) in 2021 after years of family scandals, involving mysterious deaths and financial crimes.
Snow plays Matney, whose relentless investigation helped put Murdaugh behind bars.
"It really plays into the human psyche of what humans are capable of because, as an audience member, you don't necessarily want to believe that humans are capable of this much corruption and chaos and horrific events to their family and friends and a community," Snow told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"Why it's so shocking is that, with each twist of the events, you're sort of hoping as a human being, that it can't be real. This can't actually be happening," Snow said.
