With buzz surrounding a second season consistently growing, more fans than ever are discovering the show and learning not only about the characters and the plot, but the inspiration for Easttown itself.
As Mare Sheehan, Kate Winslet has been making waves for her acting, and even after decades in the entertainment industry, the actress has proven that she still has the power to “wow” an audience.
For those fans who like to dig deeper, they might be interested to know that there is a real place in Philadelphia known as Easttown — but there are a number of marked differences between the real and fictional Easttown.
“I can’t remember when the last homicide was here, if ever,” the chair of the Easttown Township board of supervisors, Marc Heppe, admitted in an interview.
Dave Obzud, chief of police of the real Easttown, opened up in an interview, stating that while the show has the gritty realism that viewers want, “it is meant to be a fictional place.
Brad Ingelsby didn’t just grow up in Chester, County, Philadelphia, using the area as inspiration for Mare of Easttown — but he also drew from childhood experiences and people that he was friends with as a young man when creating characters for the show.
“My brother, who is two years younger than me, he says, ‘Oh yeah, Brad Ingelsby, I used to play basketball with him growing up.’ When I heard that I was like, ‘OK.
Clearly, Ingelsby and the rest of the Mare of Easttown creative team did a great job, because the show has become wildly popular in a short period of time.