“You portrayed me as a privileged psychopath,” Breaking Bad‘s Aaron Paul tells Octavia Spencer’s character.
Apple TV+ launched in November and there’s more content on the way! Aaron Paul and Octavia Spencer star in the new Apple TV+ series, Truth Be Told, which is an adaptation of the 2017 true-crime novel Are You Sleeping by author Kathleen Barber.
In the series, we follow true crime podcaster, Poppy Parnell, who is called to investigate the case of convicted serial killer Warren Cave, a man she incriminated after he murdered the father of two identical twins. Soon, Parnell must decide where the lines between guilty and innocent lie when Cave confesses to the fact that he was framed for the crime.
THE CHARACTERS
- Poppy Parnell (Octavia Spencer): A journalist and podcaster who is driven by the truth and her own moral code to reopen the investigation around the murder of Chuck Buhrman — the case that made her a national sensation.
- Warren Cave (Aaron Paul): The convicted murderer of Chuck Buhrman; in prison since 1999 and accused of having stabbed his neighbor to death on Halloween night. The once shy and awkward teen establishes a cat-and-mouse relationship with Poppy.
- Lanie Buhrman Dunn (Lizzy Caplan): Still struggling with the violent death of her father from 1999, Lanie objects to the reopening of her father’s murder case.
- Josie Buhrman (Lizzy Caplan): Like her twin sister Lanie, Josie has never quite recovered from her father’s murder.
- Melanie Cave (Elizabeth Perkins): The stalwart mother of Warren. Her single-minded pursuit to free her son eclipses all else.
- Ingram Rhoades (Michael Beach): Poppy’s husband and her rock, a distinguished man who knows his own considerable worth. A strong and steady attorney who defied his elitist family to marry Poppy.
- Markus Killebrew (Mekhi Phifer): Poppy’s ex, a former ball player and a former detective in the Oakland Police Department. He jumps at the chance to help Poppy investigate the Chuck Buhrman murder.
- Desiree Scoville (Tracie Thoms): Poppy’s older sister and confidante; she is the family rock, and isn’t afraid to put Poppy in her place.
- Cydie Scoville (Haneefah Wood): Poppy’s younger sister who enjoys her role as the baby of the family.
- Leander “Shreve” Scoville (Ron Cephas Jones): Head of the East Bay Capstones Motorcycle Club and a devout Catholic, Poppy’s father Shreve wields considerable influence both at home and in the community.
Starring Octavia Spencer (The Help), Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Ron Cephas Jones (This Is Us), Elizabeth Perkins (Sharp Objects), Mekhi Phifer (8 Mile), Michael Beach (The 100), Tracie Thoms (Rent), and Haneefah Wood (One Day At A Time).
Truth Be Told premieres December 6th on Apple TV+ with 10 episodes. The first 3 episodes will be available on the 6th with episodes rolled out weekly on Friday’s.
