You think if you were in those situations you would have just told the doctor what was really happening. “You think you understand the motivations. “It’s an extremely complicated story,” Skeggs says. The varied views set up what Skeggs wants the audience to take away from the film. In the Lifetime film, she didn’t have to limit herself but was able to play the characters from two very different points of view. Skeggs loves the structure because of her extensive theater background, where it is critical to determine just the right angle to tell the story to the audience. “Love You to Death” tells the story from both the perspective of the mother and the daughter.
It only becomes clear later that what appears to be a perfect relationship turns deadly. The world sees Camile as an overly protective and caring mother to Esme (Emily Skeggs), her wheelchair-bound daughter. There are people all through history who are doing things that other groups of people would question whether or not what they are doing is a service to humanity.” The answer is that when you look at crimes across history, racist people don’t think they are racist. “My biggest question was whether or not a person who engages in that kind of behavior is aware of it or not. “Then, it got corroded and it became the way of life. “She initially thinks she is doing this out of love when she first thought her daughter was sick,” Harden says.
All she could see when she looked at the way the mother acted was a lot of gray areas. Marcia Gay Harden (“Code Black”), who plays the abusive and manipulative mother, Camile, didn’t look at the role as being good or bad. The story is based on the true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard from Springfield, Mo. It’s a case of Munchausen syndrome by proxy when a mother forces her healthy young daughter to pretend she is ill so she can reap the rewards from charitable people who offer her help. You can check out Marcia’s post about the movie, below.LOS ANGELES - It’s easy to judge the incidents that inspired the Lifetime movie “Love You to Death” as extreme cruelty and abuse. However, in reality, Camile forced her to appear sick and abused her for years. In Lifetime’s movie, Marcia plays the role of Camile, the woman who apparently spent her time caring for her sick daughter. She is known for roles in the ‘ Fifty Shades‘ trilogy, and can most recently be seen in ‘ The Morning Show‘. She finally managed to show the range of her talent in ‘Pollock’, which won her an Oscar. However, Harden’s road to success has been peppered with difficulties, with audiences and critics ignoring or panning most of her performances. She has appeared in movies like ‘ Miller’s Crossing‘. Marcia Gay Harden, born in California, is one of the more recognizable cast members. The darkness in a person’s mind can find expression anywhere, which is why the location plays second fiddle to the gravitas of the real-life inspired story. The location, on the other hand, becomes secondary to the story being told. In conclusion, Lifetime’s ‘Love You To Death’ makes use of its talented cast wonderfully, to weave the twisted tale. In fact, you can check out director Alex Kalymnios’ posts, which confirm that the movie has been filmed at both locations.Ī post shared by Alex Kalymnios is likely that the establishing shots have been filmed at Springfield, Missouri, itself, where the real-life event takes place. The federal and local tax incentives are an added reason why several production units favor the place. However, since Springfield is rather different from Los Angeles, in terms of layout, the production crew also headed to Vancouver, British Columbia. Mostly, sets are often built in Los Angeles itself, allowing the movie to stay within budget. Therefore, it could technically have been filmed anywhere. Then the two fled to Wisconsin, where the police ultimately apprehended them.Īs far as the filming locations are concerned, ‘Love You To Death’ has mostly been filmed indoors. She convinced her boyfriend, whom she met online, to travel to Missouri and kill Dee Dee. Eventually, Rose fought back against the abuse. The two had moved into the house, built by Habitat for Humanity after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their New Orleans home.ĭee Dee exploited Rose’s supposed sickness to conduct fundraisers, which helped her make money, and take trips to fancy places like Disneyworld. Dee Dee was found murdered in Springfield, Missouri. In reality, it was Dee Dee Blanchard, who forced Gypsy Rose to pretend to be sick. A post shared by Marcia Gay Harden the film is based on a true story.