Growing up, there was only one Lizzie Borden — Bewitched star Elizabeth Montgomery who showed she could be troubling and crazy in addition to perky and full of mischief. But Sevigny is the perfect person to play the character — although I wonder what version of Lizzie we’re going to see. The real Lizzie was a puzzle. She held all of her emotions in. No one really knew for sure if she did it or not. No one could imagine she could be capable of wielding that ax in that manner — with extreme force. Yet there was no way anyone else could get in there to do the crime. It is a great mystery. So I’m hoping they will treat it as such and not just film it assuming Borden was guilty. No one ever proved it and she was never charged with the crime.
Meanwhie, Sevigny has really done exceptional work on Big Love, which ends this coming Sunday. Last week’s episode had Nicky going as dark as she’s ever gone before having a psychological break as she realizes what she has done, and what she has become. This story was originally reported on Deadline. TV Line offered up a video of Sevigny talking about the project.
