"I Thought My Husband's Wife Was Dead" is Lifetime's newest thriller

August 3, 2024

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Lifetime premiered its newest original movie, I Thought My Husband's Wife Was Dead, on August 3. The movie stars LeToya Luckett (Greenleaf, Treme), Sherilyn Allen (Coroner, She Went Missing), and Jamall Johnson (Mahalia, How She Caught a Killer), along with Angela White (The Black Hamptons, Vicious Affair).

Based on the novel "Unmissing" by bestselling author Minka Kent, according to the official synopsis, the thriller centers on a beautiful wife and expectant mother, Lola Winters (Sherilyn Allen), who seems to have it all—the big house, a dashing husband, Leo Winters (Jamall Johnson), and a thriving restaurant business. But Lola's seemingly perfect life is interrupted when a ghost from the past, Tori (LeToya Luckett), suddenly shows up at her doorstep in search of her husband, Leo, after having gone missing for 5 years and being declared dead. Tensions rise, and lives are turned upside down as Tori's unexpected return leaves everyone questioning her motives and why she hasn't gone to the police. Determined to start a new life, Tori demands that the Winters pay her hundreds of thousands of dollars. Still, before leaving town, a bombshell revelation exposes even more dark and shocking secrets.

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Directed by Troy Scott, I Thought My Husband's Wife Was Dead is produced by JPS Productions Inc. Tamara T. Gregory wrote and executive produced the movie, with Stacy Mandelberg also executive producing. Navid Soofi serves as producer.

In an interview with The Breakfast Club, LeToya Luckett talked more about the Lifetime movie and shared advice for viewers, stating, "Don't be the watcher that watches for 30 seconds and be like, 'OK, what's next? Let me just get on IG.' No, you have to be invested in this movie because it's not a slow-moving movie at all," Luckett said. "As a matter of fact, it's going to catch you immediately, but I feel like in order for you to really get into it, you have to put some things down, sit there and actually watch [and] engage. I think your mind is going to be blown by the end of the movie." 

Adding, "The thing about being an actor is you can't judge the character so I couldn't go into this thing saying, 'Well, Toya wouldn't do that' or, 'Would Toya really say that?' I can't do that. The reason why I decided to play this character is because I felt her story deserved to be told. There are people…may be suffering in silence or feel like they're being treated unfairly in a marriage or any kind of relationship, and they don't have the guts to speak up about it. This was something that was out of the ordinary for me. I've played the well-to-do wife who has it all together. I got in there and was like, 'Strip me down. I want to look absolutely crazy.'

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Watch the trailer below:

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I Thought My Husband's Wife Was Dead premieres on Lifetime Saturday, August 3 at 8 p.m. EST.

You can also stream the movie on Philo, Frndly and DirecTV Stream.