Netflix’s New Show Inspired by Politician’s Wife Character Draws Comparisons to Melania Trump
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A Netflix series about Texas high-society housewives is currently storming the US charts. However, Melania Trump is totally unexpectedly targeted by the press. According to leading actress Malin Akerman, her character is inspired by the First Lady. The parallel to Donald Trump's wife was the creative team's explicit wish.
The unexpected First Lady who inspired Malin Akerman’s Hunting Wives character
Malin Akerman says her latest role came with an unexpected touch of inspiration from none other than Melania Trump. The Swedish-American actor plays Margo, the glamorous and calculating queen bee at the centre of Netflix’s The Hunting Wives. Today's top videos The eight-part series, based on May Cobb’s 2021 novel, follows newcomer Sophie (Brittany Snow) as she swaps city life for East Texas, where she’s drawn into a circle of wealthy housewives…
Melania Trump used as inspiration for Netflix’s new show about manipulative, affair-having politician’s wife – Democratic Accent
Actress Malin Ackerman said in an interview last week that her new Netflix show “The Hunter Wives” used first lady Melania Trump as a main reference point for her role where she plays a manipulative, affair-having politician’s wife. During an interview with pop culture outlet Vulture, the actress claimed the creative team behind Netflix’s pulpy show told her to think of Trump when playing Texas housewife, Margo, whose character is the wife of a …
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