Cutter spoke about her characters and their actions by saying that it was always her intention with the series, which stars Brittany Snow. “I wanted to do an exploration of women behaving badly, unapologetic sexual conquest running rampant, and just something fun,” Cutter told the outlet. The synopsis for the show is as follows: “Newcomer Sophie (Snow) is drawn into the orbit of a glamorous Texas socialite and her friends – and soon friends herself doing things she never thought she’d do.” Which does include potentially cheating on her husband, kissing her friends, and a lot of things that do have fans warning each other to not watch the show with kids in the room.
Cutter went on to talk about the casting of Margo (played by Malin Akerman) in the series. “It was important to find an actress, not necessarily that was willing to do nudity per se, but that really felt comfortable with the sexuality and owning that power that she has,” she said. “The first actress that we looked for was the Margo Banks character, because it felt like if we didn’t nail that, then the whole thing falls apart.” Cutter said that Akerman was the right choice because “Obviously Sophie gets sucked into that. So that was really important to find an actress that really believed in herself that she was that sexually powerful….Malin brought that.”
The Hunting Wives Was Originally Going to Be On Starz
The Hunting Wives ended up at Netflix due to forces outside of the show itself. Lionsgate and Starz had an agreement but when the two split, it meant that the series, which had been planned as a Starz series, then moved to Netflix in the end. It would have been part of a line-up of shows like Outlander and Three Women. So if you watch The Hunting Wives with the knowledge that it was meant for a different network, it makes a bit more sense (content wise). Even so, Netflix has some less than PC shows on their streaming platform so the splash that The Hunting Wives is making is a testament to Cutter’s work.
