For her newest function as a politician’s spouse on The Looking Wives, Malin Åkerman went straight to the highest for her character’s inspiration.
The actress, who stars as mysterious socialite Margo Banks within the Rebecca Cutter-created Netflix collection, revealed that the workforce referenced Melania Trump when she was creating her tackle the character.
“That was the one reference, actually,” she advised Vulture. “Aside from that, it’s simply excessive society. I’ve mingled with aristocrats and high-society folks and seen the video games that go into it. For lack of a greater phrase, I wouldn’t say ‘authenticity’ is how these folks lead.”
Like Melania, Margo “got here into a wedding to this wealthy man as one lady,” solely to need to reside as much as new expectations as he pursues a Texas gubernatorial run.
Based mostly on the novel by Might Cobb, The Looking Wives stars Brittany Snow as Sophie O’Neil, a younger spouse and mom who strikes together with her household to the fictional East Texas city of Maple Brook, the place she falls into the online of seductive socialite Margo and her elite circle of housewives, every harboring their very own harmful secret. Her involvement with the group makes her the prime suspect within the killing of a neighborhood teenage woman.

Malin Åkerman and Brittany Snow on ‘The Looking Wives’
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Following its premiere final month on Netflix, the present was the most-streamed collection within the U.S. for its first week, racking up 2 billion minutes considered. With the finale establishing the potential for extra episodes, Deadline reported that the solid has choices for extra seasons.
