David Krumholtz joins HBO's The Trial of Louise Woodward after talk of acting break
David Krumholtz will play defence lawyer Harvey Silverglate in HBO's The Trial of Louise Woodward, just weeks after he said he was weighing an indefinite break from acting.
The casting was reported by Deadline on 7 October. He is not stepping away just yet.
Krumholtz is one of four new additions to the ensemble. Samantha Mathis joins as Wilma Spellman, described as the maternal grandmother of Matthew Eappen, the baby at the centre of the case. Stephen Kunken joins as criminal defence lawyer Andrew Good, and Warren Brown joins as Gary Woodward, the father of Louise Woodward.
The series is a true-crime limited series, meaning a single self-contained season with a set ending, from creator Matthew Barry. It revisits the 1997 case of Louise Woodward, an 18-year-old British au pair accused of shaking to death a baby in her care in Massachusetts. Catriona Chandler plays the title role of Woodward.
The new names follow three other additions announced days earlier. Jack Reynor, John Magaro and Natalia Dyer had joined the HBO production, according to Deadline on 2 October. HBO has not yet announced a transmission date or episode count.
What makes the timing stand out is how public Krumholtz had been about stepping back. In August, he wrote on Threads that he was considering an indefinite break from acting, a post detailed by Deadline on 19 August. He described himself as “frustrated, fed up, fried,” according to news.com.au.
In those posts he pointed to Hollywood’s pay system and said he was worried about going broke if he continued at his current pace. The comments circulated widely because Krumholtz is a familiar face from film and television, including Numbers and Oppenheimer.
For viewers, the practical effect is simple. Krumholtz remains in front of the camera, now as part of the defence team in one of the most reported court cases of the 1990s. Production details, including when the series will film and air, are still to be confirmed.
