She started her career playing an infamous real-life New Zealand murderer in Peter Jackson’s acclaimed “Heavenly Creatures”. Now, over thirty years on, actress Melanie Lynskey is set to play one of Australia’s most infamous real-life killers.
The “Yellowjackets” and “The Last of Us” actress will both star in and exective produce the new Paramount+ series “Mushroom Murders” based on the recent Australian true-crime case.
Lynskey will play Erin Patterson, the Melbourne-born woman who was charged with three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after serving relatives beef wellingtons containing highly toxic death cap mushrooms. She is currently serving three life sentences without parole.
The limited streaming series that is expected to explore the 97 days between the meal and Patterson’s ultimate arrest for the deaths.
Executive producers include Anya Beyersdorf (“Apple Cider Vinegar”), Daina Reid (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Deb Balderstone (“Palm Beach”); the trio co-created the series, with Reid directing all six episodes.
Beyersdorf, Dianne Taylor and Belinda Chayko will pen the script.
Source: Variety
