In 'All Her Fault,' Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning Explore Motherhood and Guilt
Actors Sarah Snook and Dakota Fanning discuss their new psychological thriller All Her Fault, now streaming on Peacock. The series examines the emotional weight of motherhood and the self-blame women often experience when things go wrong.
Inside the Story
Snook stars as Marissa Irvine, a Chicago businesswoman whose life unravels after she arrives to pick up her young son Milo from a playdate, only to find she’s at the wrong house—and that Milo was never there at all. The other mother, played by Dakota Fanning, has no idea who Milo is, and the homeowner is similarly bewildered. As panic sets in, the story becomes a tense search filled with shocking turns.
Acting Through Real-Life Motherhood
For Snook, working on All Her Fault while raising her own two-year-old daughter helped her connect emotionally with her role.
“It was useful to kind of use my daughter,” she said during a video call. “What would it be like to have the situation happen to me? I understand that more in depth now being a parent.”
However, she revealed that picturing her daughter in place of her on-screen son would have been too overwhelming.
“It’s too hard, it’s too much,” she admitted. “If I had done that, I wouldn’t have been able to work.”
About the Series
The eight-episode thriller blends emotional realism with suspenseful storytelling. Through its exploration of loss, guilt, and the expectations society places on mothers, All Her Fault offers both tension and depth.
Summary
Snook and Fanning bring emotional intensity to All Her Fault, a powerful thriller about motherhood, guilt, and the haunting question of self-blame when everything falls apart.