You May Hate Adora on Sharp Objects, but You Definitely Love the Actress Who Plays Her
Image Source: HBOWe're only two episodes into HBO's Sharp Objects, but we only needed the premiere to get us seriously hooked.
Based on the eponymous novel by Gillian Flynn, the miniseries follows journalist Camille Preaker as she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two preteen girls.
Returning home is never easy, and Preaker encounters various reminders of that fact during her investigation - namely her mother, Adora Crellin.
Adora is played by actress Patricia Clarkson, and her casting is a mark of true genius by the minds behind Sharp Objects.Clarkson's portrayal of Adora is beautifully intricate in a way that only true character actors can achieve.
It's easy to go campy with the "controlling mom and Southern belle" trope, but Adora is dangerous rather than shrill; brutal rather than ostentatious.
It's obvious that she's a broken woman, though she hides it behind the facade of
