How Justin Timberlake Was Cast in Candy Opposite Jessica Biel

This post contains spoilers about the fourth episode of Candy. True to the promise of an event series, Hulu’s five-part drama Candy—new episodes of which drop each day this week—introduced a special guest star during Thursday’s episode: Justin Timberlake. The actor-musician plays Steven Deffibaugh, the Collin County investigator assigned to the case of the shocking death-by-ax of Betty Gore (Melanie Lynskey). He questions Betty’s grieving and unassuming widower, Allan (Pablo Schreiber), as well as the woman who ultimately killed Betty, neighbor Candy Montgomery—who’s portrayed by, as it happens, Timberlake’s wife, Jessica Biel. (A jury acquitted Montgomery of murder on grounds… Read Full Article