East Texas actress talks about role in 'Bernie'

East Texas actress talks about role in 'Bernie'

East Texas actress has role in new film 'Bernie'

Nugent's body was found in a freezer, and Tiede was sentenced to life in prison for the crime. The former hairdresser didn't know who was in the film, but she soon found herself in Bastrop working on a project starring Jack Black as Bernie Tiede, Shirley MacLaine as the widowed Nugent, and Longview's Matthew McConaughey as the local district attorney. The courtroom scene, which shows Epperson's ...

East Texan appearing with A-listers in new film

Kay Epperson didn't think she would get the part. But, when she read about a casting call in Carthage, her husband convinced her to audition.