* True crime fan Patricia Arquette tells PEOPLE why she wanted to play Maggie Murdaugh, who was murdered in 2021, in Hulu’s new limited series, *Murdaugh: Death in the Family*
* Maggie’s husband, Alex Murdaugh, was convicted of murdering Maggie and their 22-year-old son, Paul — who were found dead at their South Carolina home — and sentenced to life in prison
* “I really wanted to honor her as the mother of this family, who’d been with [Alex] since college, and got very normalized to his crazy behavior,” Arquette says
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I feel a certain way about these shows that turn real life into entertainment so soon after the tragedy. The trial only concluded 2 years ago. There are surviving victims of the Murdaugh family and victims outside of the family. I can’t imagine how the family of Mallory (who died in the boat accident) feels knowing they will be reenacting her very recent, traumatic death for entertainment. Does not feel honoring at all.
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* True crime fan Patricia Arquette tells PEOPLE why she wanted to play Maggie Murdaugh, who was murdered in 2021, in Hulu’s new limited series, *Murdaugh: Death in the Family*
* Maggie’s husband, Alex Murdaugh, was convicted of murdering Maggie and their 22-year-old son, Paul — who were found dead at their South Carolina home — and sentenced to life in prison
* “I really wanted to honor her as the mother of this family, who’d been with [Alex] since college, and got very normalized to his crazy behavior,” Arquette says
I feel a certain way about these shows that turn real life into entertainment so soon after the tragedy. The trial only concluded 2 years ago. There are surviving victims of the Murdaugh family and victims outside of the family. I can’t imagine how the family of Mallory (who died in the boat accident) feels knowing they will be reenacting her very recent, traumatic death for entertainment. Does not feel honoring at all.