Lifetime's "Secrets of a Marine’s Wife" Is a Compassionate, Cautionary Tale

Sadie Calvano pictured at top right and Evan Roderick top left star as Erin and Jon Corwin newlyweds who move to 29 Palms CA to begin their new life at a Marine training base But when Erin becomes enamored with Jon39s Marine buddy Christopher Lee Tom Stevens her wouldbe idyllic existence is thrown into turmoil As flirting turns into an affair things get worse after Christopheramp8217s wife uncovers the truth about their relationship Rocked by the news of his wife affair Jonamp8217s life takes an unexpected turn when Erin goes missing during a trip to nearby Joshua Tree National Park and he finds himself the prime suspect in her disappearancequotThe thing I would really like viewers to take away from this movie is that this isn39t a story that questions Erinamp8217s sexual choicesquot Calvano recently said while promoting the movie quotThis isnamp8217t a story that talks about how because she had an affair she got murdered This is a story about complex relationships about a young girl who was looking for love and connection and was going through a really tough time in her life and was looking for support I really hope people can see the story of love and seeking can fall in love with her and wonderquotquotSpeaking from Jonamp8217s perspective itamp8217s a story about forgivenessquot Roderick added quotBecause these characters are so young I guess there is such an expectation on this relationship to work so I think it was important to keep Erin in a light that she was a really good person and we had to honor her story I hope people can see that when they see the moviequotquotErin and Jon had a relationship that was kind of too youngquot offered Stevens who plays the third party in this truelife love triangle quotThese people got married very early and what we were telling is the story of what Chris and Erin found was almost like an intimacy they hadn39t really experienced before It just so happened that she chose to go with somebody that had some serious issuesquotAccording to the film39s executive producer Judith Verno one thing the movie set out to do was never pass judgment on Erin quotWhat39s important is nobody should pay for their mistake with their lifequot she declared quotThat39s the message herequot She added that it is important to find truelife stories such as this one that are relatable at their core but can also serve as cautionary tales especially for a younger generationquotI think that39s important to tap into for Lifetimequot Verno continued quotSadie Tom and Evan all alluded that Erin is a really good person To be able to message that you can have flaws make mistakes be young and not wind up dead wind was important to me I enjoy the true crime genre and the setting of this as I don39t think there39s been a lot of true crime set in a military environment But most of all I really love working with young people Our cast is amazing and to be able to pay tribute to Erin who is a victim in the truest sense and have a teachable moment for viewers while entertaining them is a great story to be able to have the privilege to tellquotAudiences were first introduced to Calvano via her role as Anna Faris39 daughter Violet Plunkett in CBS39 longrunning and acclaimed series Mom After watching her mature in her last series Why Women Kill Paramount Secrets of a Marineamp8217s Wife marks her first adult role for Lifetime quotMom was such a huge part of my life and of my personhoodquot she said of the series that introduced her to audiences quotI was kid fifteen when I started on Mom so it shaped such a big part of my life and obviously of my careerquotBut this is a really exciting project because it39s not like Violet at allquot she continued quotAlong with Why Women Kill this is one of the first roles where I really got to play a woman and a person who39s not just an angry bratty teenager She has romantic complex relationships and you really get to see a different side of me in this projectquotCalvano told MediaVillage she knew of Erinamp8217s story before accepting the role quotI must confess in my daytoday life I am a bit of a crime junkiequot she explained quotI do watch an unhealthy amount of murder shows so I did know about this story I grew up in LA My boyfriend39s mom lives in Palm Springs and this was a huge story in that area so I was familiar with the case and I remembered reading about it when it happenedquotSecrets of a Marine39s Wife will be telecast Saturday June 19 at 8 pm on Lifetime It will be followed at 10 pm by the minidoc Beyond the Headlines Secrets of a Marine39s Wife A Mother39s StoryClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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