Lizzie actor Jay Huguley talks about working in 1892 with "two focused black belt actors"
Jay Huguley has no time to beat around the bush - he gets to the point, tells you exactly what he thinks and has a bang-on sense of humor. The 52-year-old actor's latest stint is in Craig William Macneill's 'Lizzie' alongside Chloe Sevigny and Kristen Stewart. The biographical thriller, written by Bryce Kass, is based on the true story of Lizzie Borden, who was accused and acquitted of the ax murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1892. Jay plays the prosecutor William Henry Moody.
Moody was made District Attorney for Eastern Massachusetts in 1890 and he gained widespread notoriety in 1893 as the junior prosecutor in the Lizzie Borden murder case. While his efforts were unsuccessful, he was generally acknowledged as the most competent and effective of the attorneys on either side. A politician and jurist, he held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States.