Love And Death - Everything You Need To Know

To pull off a role as twisted yet tragic as Candy Montgomery, you need an actress who can bring layers of nuance and pathos, humor and horror. And "Love and Death" has cast one of the very brightest talents in the game, with Elizabeth Olsen playing the lead role of Candy.

Olsen first broke onto the scene with a powerhouse performance as a cult victim/escapee in "Martha Marcy Mae Marlene," but she really grabbed mainstream attention with her turn as Wanda Maximoff in the MCU, where she gave an especially emotional performance in Disney+'s "WandaVision." And with impressive roles in projects like "Wind River" and "Ingrid Goes West," we're incredibly psyched to see what Olsen brings to the upcoming HBO Max series.

Across from Olsen, we've got Jesse Plemons as Allan Gore, Candy's churchgoing paramour. Most will remember Plemons from "Breaking Bad," where he stole the show as the smiling psychopath Todd Alquist. Since then, Plemons has earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in "The Power of the Dog" and has appeared in everything from "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" and "Windfall" to "Black Mirror," FX's "Fargo," and "Jungle Cruise."

Patrick Fugit will play Candy's husband, Pat Montgomery. Fans of Cameron Crowe will recognize Fugit as young Rolling Stone reporter William Miller in "Almost Famous," and he's also worked on projects like "Outcast," "My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To," and "The Last of Us Part II." Lily Rabe will portray Betty Gore, whose husband is cheating with Candy Montgomery. Rabe has been a long-time player on "American Horror Story," and she'll be joined by the likes of Krysten Ritter ("Jessica Jones"), Tom Pelphrey ("Ozark"), Keir Gilchrist ("Atypical"), and Elizabeth Marvel ("Homeland").