Documentaries might chronicle actual existence, however that does not essentially imply it is a good portrayal.
Rosemarie DeWitt and Olivia DeJonge discovered this firsthand whilst making ready to superstar in HBO Max’s adaptation of the 2004 true crime documentary The Staircase. The sequence adopted North Carolina novelist Michael Peterson as he defended himself from accusations of murdering his spouse, Kathleen Peterson, who was once discovered lifeless on the backside in their staircase in 2001.
Within the HBO Max dramatization, Toni Collette performs Kathleen, whilst DeWitt and DeJonge performs her sister Candace Zamperini and daughter Caitlin Atwater respectively. Each girls grew to become towards Michael (Colin Firth) after the homicide.
Of their arrangements, the actresses got get entry to to by no means sooner than observed photos, which introduced them perception into the folk they’re taking part in.
“The documentarians had a standpoint on Candace, they usually had a standpoint on Michael Peterson,” DeWitt informed E! Information. “They selected what to depart in and what to depart out and, in the end, for me taking part in [Candace], I assumed she was once roughly villainized within the documentary.”
