The first trailer for Chloe Sevigny\u2019s long-gestating Lizzie Borden biopic hit YouTube Friday, and it appears the film offers some interesting theories as to\u2026<\/b>
\nThe first trailer for Chloe Sevigny\u2019s long-gestating Lizzie Borden biopic hit YouTube Friday, and it appears the film offers some interesting theories as to why Borden did (or didn\u2019t) murder her father and stepmother with an ax in Fall River in 1892.
Shortly after the trailer begins, we see Sevigny (\u201cBig Love\u201d), as Borden, wearing a steely look as she\u2019s asked if her father had any enemies. The trailer eventually shifts to show some of the other characters in the film, including Lizzie\u2019s father, Andrew (Jamey Sheridan, \u201cSpotlight\u201d), and the Borden\u2019s live-in maid, Bridget (Kristen Stewart, \u201cTwilight\u201d). As is the nature of most trailers, plot points are hinted at rather than explicitly stated, but it appears that Bridget is sexually abused by Andrew, Lizzie has a romantic relationship with Bridget, and the two women conspire to kill Lizzie\u2019s parents.
After a montage of suggestive images (Andrew bashing a pigeon and serving it to his family, someone grabbing an ax, Lizzie screaming and covered in blood), the trailer cuts back to Lizzie once again being asked about her father.
\u201cThis is America, sir,\u201d she replies. \u201cEvery man with a pulse has enemies.\u201d
Sevigny, who was born in Springfield, tried to get a Borden project made for years, first as an HBO docuseries and now as a film. After the biopic\u2019s debut at the Sundance Film Festival in January, she expressed disappointment with some of the choices made by \u201cLizzie\u201d director Craig William Macneill in an interview with HuffPost.
\u201cIt was very hard,\u201d Sevigny told HuffPost. \u201cI was like, \u2018If you have another scene with Kristen Stewart and you don\u2019t put it in your movie, you\u2019re stupid. What\u2019s your problem?\u2019 But almost every movie goes through that.\u201d
In the same interview, Sevigny also discussed the shocking ending of the film, but we\u2019ll leave that to your imagination until the film hits theaters Sept. 14.<\/p>\n

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