Jason Clarke Explains Why He 'Didn't Go Out' While Filming "Murdaugh: Death in the Family" (Exclusive) Brenton Blanchet, Nicole AcostaOctober 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM 0 Daniel Delgado Jr.
- - Jason Clarke Explains Why He 'Didn't Go Out' While Filming "Murdaugh: Death in the Family" (Exclusive)
Brenton Blanchet, Nicole AcostaOctober 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Jason Clarke is detailing his decision to not 'go out' much amid the filming of Murdaugh: Death in the Family
The actor, who played convicted killer and patriarch Alex Murdaugh, told PEOPLE at the show's New York premiere that there were "some very long days" on set
Clarke previously revealed that he gained roughly 40 pounds for the role
Jason Clarke is reflecting on the "very long days" that came with filming his latest project — and why he "kept to myself" amid it all.
The Murdaugh: Death in the Family star, 56, caught up with PEOPLE on Oct. 13, at the New York premiere of the Hulu miniseries, where he reflected on his time portraying former lawyer and convicted killer Alex Murdaugh.
"There was some very long days, you know, carrying a lot of weight for six months with a wig on, with red eyebrows. I didn't go out. I kept to myself," Clarke says. "I kept, I kept drilled down to stay, not in character, but just saving my energy to bring out this loud man, this boisterous... he's always dominating every situation whether it's through self-pity or through guilt or whatever else."
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Jason Clarke attends the New York premiere of 'Murdaugh: Death In The Family' on Oct. 13, 2025
As Clarke explains, he felt "a weight" come off him when he took off his suit after filming, and would put his feet up after cameras rolled to get leg massages as a means of decompressing.
"Just to deal with the difficulty of the weight I was carrying myself," he adds. "Then I have two little boys, you know. They just bring you back and then, bang, we're into the next day. There was an element of being aware of what I'd signed up for. And that's the deal, you know? That was the deal."
The series, which is based on the real-life story of Alex (who was convicted of murdering his wife and son in 2021), is based on reporting by journalist Mandy Matney and her Murdaugh Murders Podcast. Patricia Arquette, who plays Alex's slain wife Maggie Murdaugh, told PEOPLE this month that Clarke "immediately" fit the bill to be cast as Alex. "He's got that charm and that funny thing — the capacity to make you feel loved," she said.
"When I met Jason, I felt the familiarity with him, and he immediately was getting into this part," she recalled. "We had that rapport right away."
Clarke previously revealed that his physical transformation for the role meant gaining 40 pounds, telling Gold Derby that he "saw a cardiologist and then started eating and putting on as much weight as I could within the timeframe." He revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that he "wore tracksuit pants for six months" because "nothing else fit."
"To watch Jason put on that hair every day, to do the makeup and the skin and everything — you look at the man and he's almost, to me, unrecognizable," co-creator Erin Lee Carr told the outlet.
"So there would be some days where I was like, 'My days are really hard.' And then I look at him, and I was like, 'Wooo! Alright, [at least] I'm not having to eat banana splits four times a day.' Because you think you like it [until the second one]."
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New episodes of Murdaugh: Death in the Family drop Wednesdays on Hulu.
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