“In this case, this woman that I play, her behaviour was so monstrous, but you can’t play a monster, you have to play a real human being capable of monstrous behaviour,” she explained on U.S. Marcia had to wear a wig and a fat suit to become the “monstrous” mother, and the props played a vital role in helping the actress embody her character. When Camile is found stabbed to death and her daughter missing, police launch a search for Esme, only to discover there was nothing wrong with her at all, and she was actually a victim of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, forced to believe she was ill by her controlling and abusive mother. The movie features the Mystic River star as abusive mum Camile, who convinced her daughter Esme she was mentally and physically disabled from a young age. Actress Marcia Gay Harden was not a fan of the “scary” physical transformation she underwent for real-life crime drama Love You To Death.
