Melissa McCarthy, one of the most gifted comic actors working today, will soon be starring in a tragedy.
\n\nIn “The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey” — premiering on Netflix on Dec. 10 — McCarthy plays Patsy Ramsey, the mother of 6-year-old JonBenét, who was killed in the Ramseys’ Boulder, Colorado, home on Christmas night in 1996. Because JonBenét had won several child beauty pageants, images of her in makeup and garish costumes created a spectacle around the case (which is still unsolved), and around the Ramseys. JonBenét’s father, John; her mother, and even her 9-year-old brother, Burke, all became suspects in her murder, and the series examines the fallout from her death.
\n\nBecause of the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995, true crime had become a national obsession, and with JonBenét’s murder, newsmagazines, talk shows and tabloids had a field day, inciting the public to rabidity: Today, McCarthy remembers being part of the “feeding frenzy” herself. Clive Owen, who plays John, says McCarthy’s involvement as both an actor and executive producer was a “big part” of the reason he agreed to take the role. “Yes, she’s a brilliant comedic actress, but she’s just a brilliant actress,” Owen says.
\n\n“The Murder of JonBenét…
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