Elisabeth Moss has played her fair share of women on the edge, but she’s taking it to a whole other level in “Shirley”, portraying writer Shirley Jackson.
Jackson, best known for the short story The Lottery and the horror novel The Haunting of Hill House, struggled with mental illness throughout her life, an aspect that “Shirley” leans into.
This marks the first time that Moss has played an actual historical figure, and in an interview with IndieWire she explained why she was adamant to get all the details right.
RELATED: Elisabeth Moss Is Author Shirley Jackson In The Twisty Thriller ‘Shirley’ “The challenge for me for this one was [that] I’ve never played a real person who everybody knew,” she said in an interview with IndieWire. “The