Brittany Snow made sure to do her research while preparing to play journalist Mandy Matney on Hulu’s true crime series Murdaugh: Death in the Family.
As Snow, 39, prepared to play her real-life counterpart on the show, she revealed she actually got to talk to Matney and asked her “so many” questions.
“At first, I was talking to her a lot about the character and about how I wanted to encapsulate her and her essence,” Snow told People in an interview published on Wednesday, November 5.
“Then, after a while, I just wanted to get down to the nitty-gritty and ask her actual case questions. I was hoping that over time she would slip and give me some insider information, and she did sometimes. It was really fun to get to know her.”
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Murdaugh: Death in the Family breaks down Alex Murdaugh’s crimes. The former lawyer murdered his wife, Maggie Murdaugh, and their son Paul Murdaugh in 2021, and the case made national headlines that also exposed his financial crimes and fraud schemes.
In real life and on the show, Matney launched the “Murdaugh Murders Podcast (MMP),” which investigated the case as it was unfolding in real time.
When it came to portraying Matney, Snow said she made it clear “from the very beginning” that she “was never going to do an imitation” of the journalist.
“That would be doing a disservice to her, to me and to my performance,” the Hunting Wives star said. “What I wanted to make sure I was doing was encapsulating sort of an essence of her. I felt like there were certain mannerisms I wanted to pay homage to in the best way that I could. I think she was proud of the performance.”
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Also while speaking to the outlet, Snow said “there was no doubt” she wanted to be part of the show when she was approached with the role.
“I’m such a fan of true crime, but more than that, I’m such a fan of Mandy and her reporting,” she shared. “I was very well aware of her podcast, and I felt like this was an important part to play within a very dark story. This person was spearheading justice and the truth when a lot of corruption was going on. As an actress, you don’t always get to play those types of people that are standing up for what’s right.”
In addition to Snow, the cast includes Jason Clarke, Patricia Arquette, J. Smith-Cameron and Johnny Berchtold as members of the Murdaugh family.
