‘Based on a True Story’s Liana Liberato Talks Getting “In Bed With A Serial Killer” And Tory’s Deadly Decision In Season 2

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SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about Season 2 of Based on a True Story. Wedding bells are in store for Liana Liberato this season on Based on a True Story, and let’s just hope someone knows how to get blood stains out of white.

After the first season saw Tory unwittingly sparking romance with a serial killer, the actress told Deadline about “justifying her choices” as she gets engaged to ‘Westside Ripper’ Matt (Tom Bateman) and “holding up a mirror” to true-crime obsessives in Season 2 of the Peacock dark comedy thriller, now streaming on the platform. “I definitely thought at first, Tory would probably be in the dark in Season 2 and she’d just be dating Matt and having no idea that she was in bed with a serial killer,” admitted Liberato. “But it was an interesting challenge being thrown that curveball and having to justify her decisions and her choices.” Although Matt claims to be “sober” from killing, a copycat in their Los Angeles neighborhood gives Tory’s family doubts.

While further building the character in Season 2, Liberato was also able to build the role’s dynamic with her sister Ava (Kaley Cuoco), who ultimately introduced Tory to her husband-to-be in Season 1 when she and husband Nathan (Chris Messina) discovered his homicidal activities and convinced him to anonymously tell his story on their podcast. “Kaley is such a wonderful person and brings such an infectious energy on set and really took me in,” she raved. “She definitely took over the role of a big sister for me in my life too.” Tory is faced with a life-changing moment when she kills someone on her wedding day in order to protect her family. “I think at the time when we were filming, I was like, this is fight-or-flight, and now she’s in