Chloë Sevigny Talks ‘Crying Uncontrollably’ While Making ‘The Girl From Plainville’ and Her Aspirations for a ‘Spielberg-esque’ Directing Career
variety.comKate Aurthur editorWhen Chloë Sevigny was first approached about playing a role in Hulu’s limited series “The Girl From Plainville,” she Googled the real-life case behind it — how the relationship between Michelle Carter and Coco Roy resulted in Roy’s death by suicide in 2014 — to jog her memory, and found herself jarred instead when she came upon a photo of Carter.“I remember seeing her in magazines, and immediately thinking she was guilty, and being, like, ‘What a bitch,’” Sevigny said with a laugh. “So like, wow: I’m really complicit in seeing this beautiful blonde girl and thinking that just because she’s beautiful and blonde, she’s a demon.”On the series, Sevigny plays Lynn Roy, the bereft mother of Coco Roy (Colton Ryan).
She came to the project late, but was attracted to it in part because of Fanning, who plays Carter. “Huge fan of her choices,” Sevigny said. “She’s really smart, and has great taste.” The show examines Coco and Michelle’s relationship, and how Coco’s death led to Carter being convicted of manslaughter, after voluminous texts between the two teenagers led Massachusetts law enforcement to prosecute her for her involvement in Roy’s suicide.
Showrunners Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus, working from Jesse Barron’s 2017 Esquire story of the same name, have made “The Girl From Plainville” into a nuanced examination of mental illness — both Coco’s and Michelle’s — as well as a parental nightmare about how digital communication can be a black box.
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