Hello, it was Simple Listeners. Up next, you'll hear the third and final episode of Dirty John,

Season 2 The Podcast, a paid podcast from USA Network.

Dirty John Season 2 The Podcast is a series paid for by USA Network and produced by LA Times Studios

in support of the television series Dirty John, the Betty Broderick story.

This series tells the riveting and complicated tale of the San Diego mother of four who murdered her ex-husband and his new wife more than 30 years ago.

The divorce, crime, and trial captivated the nation and continues to fascinate.

The eight episode series stars Amanda Pete, Christian Slater, and Rachel Keller, who formed the deadly triangle.

In this episode of The Podcast, the actors talk about prepping for their roles.

The challenge of playing Betty Broderick was accepted by Amanda Pete. Here's Amanda.

Alexandra Cunningham, I just think she's an incredible writer and I could tell reading it that she wanted to tell a complex story.

She seemed interested in and willing to show Betty in an abuse of light and she seemed interested and willing to show that Dan wasn't the soul culprit in this tragedy and she's not interested in vilifying him.

But rather taking a really complex look at what led up to this tragedy.

Once Alexandra explained to me that she didn't want me to do an imitation, it made me feel like the only thing she was really interested in is the psychological portrait.

And I think probably most actors are really fascinated by the idea of mental illness and also the idea of what makes someone snap.

In order to tell the saga of Betty Broderick, finding the right actor to play Dan Broderick was crucial.

Christian Slater explains why he was drawn to the role.

I didn't know about this story but I was immediately intrigued.

What scared me about it is that it's about people who stop communicating.

They start to accumulate secrets and just the behavior in our representation of Dan Broderick, the way he comes across is he's a powerful guy, he's climbing up the ladder of success.

And he doesn't want to look back on the person that really helped him get there.

So there was a level of cruelty. There's abuse and then there's emotional abuse.

And I believe that that was something that they both were putting each other through to a certain degree.

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