Jesse Plemons to Star Opposite Elizabeth Olsen in HBO Max Series 'Love and Death' Mónica Marie Zorrilla, provided by May 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” and “Judas and the Black Messiah” star Jesse Plemons has been cast opposite “WandaVision’s” Elizabeth Olsen in the HBO Max original limited series “Love and Death.” Per the logline, the show follows two church-going couples, enjoying small-town family life in Texas (or, at least they do until somebody picks up an axe). The series is based on the true story of Texas housewife Candy Montgomery, who murdered her friend from church, Betty Gore, with an axe in 1980