“For me, it was kind of a no-brainer because of the people involved, and the subject matter just interests me deeply. “I was kind of convinced right away that this was just an incredible group of creative people who were going to not only honor what Jon Krakauer wrote, but also honor Brenda Lafferty and Erica Lafferty and really unpick the rot at the core of what enabled such evil to take place,” Garfield said.
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He has since left the Church and is a vocal LGBTQ+ activist whose film (“Milk”), theater (“8”) and TV (“Big Love”) projects often spotlight gay and/or religious issues. Like Pyre and Lafferty, Oscar winner Black was raised in the Mormon faith. And I thought, ‘Well, this is the perfect team to do it.'” “Cut to 10 years later, and I get a call from Dustin and from Ron and Brian.
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“I found it so deeply fascinating - the themes, the story itself, how thrilling the story was, but also how horrifying it was,” the actor explained.
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Speaking to reporters in a recent virtual press conference, Garfield said he has been obsessed with Krakauer’s book - which is about members of a radical Mormon splinter group who killed their sister-in-law and niece - since it was published in 2003. The cast includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sam Worthington, Denise Gough, Wyatt Russell, Billy Howle, Gil Birmingham, Adelaide Clemens, Rory Culkin, Seth Numrich, Chloe Pirrie and Sandra Seacat. The drama stars Garfield as Jeb Pyre - a devout Mormon, fictional composite character inspired by the police detectives investigating the Laffertys’ deaths.