Justin Timberlake, Jason Ritter Make Shock Appearances Reverse Wives in Hulu’s Sweet

Even higher, they have been doing it proper beneath our noses. The brand new crime drama, primarily based on the real-life story of a girl accused of killing her greatest buddy within the ’80s (thus the hair!), is having fun with a singular launch schedule on the platform, which allowed for this shock midway by.

It was simply this previous weekend that stars Jessica Biel and Melanie Lynskey hit the pink carpet for the premiere of “Sweet,” which is dropping its 5 episodes one per day this week on the streaming platform.

The ladies have been joined by their co-stars on the present, in addition to their well-known husbands, Justin Timberlake and Jason Ritter. However what appeared identical to spouses supporting spouses turned out to be one thing else fully.

On Thursday’s fourth episode, followers have been surprised to see the boys present up on-screen as sheriff’s deputies investigating the homicide on the middle of the saga. Their roles are anticipated to proceed into Friday’s finale, so these are extra than simply cheeky cameos.

Kudos to the complete forged and crew for retaining this one a secret, because it helped maintain the highlight firmly on the 2 unimaginable women within the lead. Jessica Biel even needed to some further work this week when she appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

She was requested if she and Timberlake ever deliberate to work collectively sooner or later, and he or she positively performed it coy. “We need to play adversaries,” she shared.

And identical to that, that is precisely what they’re doing. Biel performs Sweet Montgomery, who’s accused of murdering her buddy Betty Gore, performed by Melanie Lynskey, after Sweet had an affair with Betty’s husband. She, in fact, denies the whole lot.

Timberlake stepped into the real-life sneakers of Deputy Steve “Duffy” Deffibaugh, who was the lead investigator within the case. Enjoying a sheriff’s deputy put Timberlake squarely reverse Biel’s character within the sequence. They share a number of scenes collectively this week as she tells her tales, and he is clearly not shopping for any of it.

As for the way Timberlake wound up within the position, Biel revealed to ET that he really volunteered to do it. Whereas the 2 have been wanting over the script, he requested concerning the deputy position and he or she advised him they have been out of cash and would in all probability have to simply rent somebody native to fill it. “And he goes, ‘I need to play it,'” she stated.

Ritter was introduced in after showrunner Robin Veith noticed an image of him sporting a mustache and thought he completely had an ’80s throwback vibe. “She was impressed by his ’80s cool, edgy fireman look,” Lynskey advised ET. Alas, the mustache didn’t make the ultimate minimize.

Biel additionally advised the outlet that the expertise really bonded Timberlake and Ritter. “Clearly, Jason is a comedic genius and Justin is in his personal proper as properly,” she stated. “And the best way they work off one another and the improv that they did, it was wonderful to see.”

Lynskey stated that by the method, which noticed the boys “textual content on a regular basis” to debate their characters, in addition to “lengthy telephone calls,” with Biel including that they’d principally “change into besties.” Timberlake and Biel shared their “Sweet” seems to be on Instagram after the episode dropped.

“Sweet” concludes with its fifth and ultimate episode — that includes each husband-and-wife duos — Friday on Hulu.