'The Girl Before's Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo Talk HBO Max's Captivating New Murder-Mystery Show
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the HBO Max Original adaptation of JP Delaney's bestselling psychological thriller The Girl Before is one of the more captivating shows offered this season. The four-episode limited series, premiering Feb. 10 on HBO Max, follows the parallel lives of two women — played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jessica Plummer — who live in a cold, ultra-minimalist "smart house" designed by eccentric architect, Edward (David Oyelowo). After Mbatha-Raw's Jane falls for the home designer, she soon discovers another woman has died in the home under mysterious circumstances.
In an exclusive with PopCulture.com's Tania Hussain ahead of the U.S. series premiere on Thursday, Mbatha-Raw and Oyelowo admit as nice as the house appears in the show, the two would not want to live in it for the long haul. "Maybe a vacation home," Mbatha-Raw told PopCulture through a laugh. "I feel like it's not a sort of long-term living solution for me. It's not really cozy enough or homely enough for me to feel sort of like that's where my soul lives. But I think maybe for a holiday or for a party, I think it could be fine."
