The Thing About Pam on Salto: 5 Things You Need to Know About Rene Zellweger

Warning to fans of the real crime series: The Thing About Pam, which has been broadcast exclusively on the Salto platform since March 9, is inspired by the most amazing news narrated in the podcast of the same name. In 2011, a few days after Christmas, Betsy Faria was killed. While she still asserts her innocence, her husband Rass is quickly criticized for the facts.

Since Rus Faria’s conviction was overturned in 2015, numerous coups in the investigation have been shining the spotlight on a completely different suspect: Pam Hop, Betsy Faria’s close friend and former colleague. Embodied on screen by Rene Zellweger, he really arranged everything!

Six episodes of The Thing About Pam describe this case that shook the United States. With many twists and turns, he has revealed the duality of a woman who is all right, hides a complex and manipulative personality, and can visibly do the worst …

The title of the series is Oscar-winning actress Renee Zellweger, who won in 2004 for the role of “Return to the Cold Mountain”, then in 2020 for the role of star Judy Garland. Also known to all as the unforgettable Bridget Jones, the American actress has so far remained very cautious on the small screen.

In The Thing About Pam, he is surrounded by Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas, Transformers Saga) Joel Schwartz as Ras Faria’s lawyer, and Judy Greer (30 years or nothing, Halloween) as prosecutor Leah Ask. Beside them, Katie Mixon (American housewife) and Glenn Flashler (Joker) play the spouses Betsy and Ras Faria.

To look like a real Pam Hop, Renee Zellweger has been radically transformed, especially thanks to facial prostheses. At the start of filming, the actress spent almost four hours on makeup and hair to get the look of a suspect.

“I had a chill when Rene arrived on the setTells show host Jenny Klein at Entertainment Weekly. There is some familiarity with Pam that comes out in her performance. It reflects the charm and devilish nature of this man. ”

The real characters of this story, starting with Ras Farry and his lawyer Joel Schwartz, collaborated with the writers and showbiz of the series to tell them their version of the story. Actor Josh Duhamel also confides in the microphone of KSDK News that meeting Joel Schwartz helped him a lot in his interpretation.

Glenn Flashler, who was initially quite concerned about the meeting with Russian Faria, whom he plays on screen, also spoke to him on the phone: “He added real depth to his history, his pain, and the humanity of it all“- explains the actor.

If the TV series The Thing About Pam adapts to this criminal case that has become the headlines, it will still be aired, even though Pam Hop has not yet been convicted of this murder. Currently in prison for another murder, the murder of Louis Gumpenberger, a 63-year-old woman is awaiting trial after being charged in July 2021 with the murder of Betsy Faria.

Discover now the first three episodes of The Thing About Pam exclusively on Salto. The series airs weekly every Wednesday on US + 24