During Tuesday’s West Hollywood premiere for her upcoming Showtime series,On Becoming a God in Central Florida,Dunst, 37, spoke to PEOPLE about the preparation she did before filming her role as Krystal Gill.
“I watched actually someHoney Boo BooandToddlers & Tiarasfor this role,” Dunst explained. “It’s in her, she is an ex beauty pageant queen, no matter how high or low grade that version is.”
TheFargoactress also touched on her character’s fashion statement in the series — or lack thereof.
“Well, it’s kind of what she can afford and what could be in her closet, so I always wanted to look a little bit like not as polished as everyone else … or wearing the wrong outfit to the event she has to go to,” she said. “Krystal should look like a fish out of water, even though she tries to not be. You know?”
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In the dark comedy, Dunst plays Krystal Gill, a water park employee and mother of one who schemes her way into a multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme that destroyed her family.
The series also starsAlexander Skarsgård, Theodore Pellerin, Ted Levine, Mel Rodriguez and Beth Ditto. Dunst is also serving as an executive producer.
The actress’s role as Krystal, who was a former beauty peasant contender, is a callback to her 1999 role as Amber Atkins, an aspiring beauty queen in the black comedy filmDrop, Dead Gorgeous.
“I mean, I loved makingDrop Dead Gorgeous,” Dunst said. “I’ve always been into beauty contestant stuff and Krystal comes from that world.”
The film, which also starredDenise Richards,Kirstie Alleyand Ellen Barkin, gained a cult following and earned Dunst a nomination for a Teen Choice Award.
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The actress is currentlyengagedto herFargocostarJesse Plemons. They currently have a son,Ennis Howard, who was born last May.
On Becoming a God in Floridapremieres on Aug. 25 (10 p.m. ET) on Showtime.
source: people.com
