Justin Timberlake is in ‘Candy’ with Jessica Biel
12.05.2022 - 16:45
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Viewers tuning in to Thursday’s episode of "Candy," starring Jessica Biel, may recognize a familiar face: Biel’s husband Justin Timberlake. The musician and actor portrays a deputy who investigates the murder the show is centered on. Biel, a co-executive producer on the project, says Timberlake first approached her producing partner, Michelle Purple, about wanting to be involved.
"They sort of had this whole plan I didn’t even know about at first. And then I thought he was kidding. And then he said, ‘No, for real, I want to do this.’ And then it was off to the races.
He was getting a wig fitting, it was so fun and was such a good surprise." Biel admits to being worried at first about whether their dynamic would "translate at work" but that quickly went away. "I actually felt total peace when he was around. Like, I knew he was going to hold that sort of safe space for me to work in the way I needed to and be non-judgmental and open and free.
And he gave me the freedom to improvise, which he’s so good at and I’m less comfortable with." Jessica Biel arrives with her husband, Justin Timberlake, at the Los Angeles premiere of "Candy" on Monday, May 9, 2022. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) In "Candy," Biel plays Candy Montgomery, a young, outgoing, church-going wife and mother in Texas who voraciously reads romance novels. She seems to have it all – but is bored – so she begins an affair with a man from her town (played by Pablo Schreiber) and ends up killing his wife, Betty, with an ax.
Montgomery pleaded not guilty to the crime and a jury sided with her, some even saying they never liked Betty. The story is based on a real case from 1980 and is of interest in Hollywood at the moment. Elizabeth Olsen recently wrapped filming her
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