INTERVIEW: Gloria Ruben, Gabriel Sloyer, And Maxwell Acee Donovan Discuss Their Characters In 'The Better Sister'

The Better Sister, based on the book by Alafair Burke, premiered on Amazon Prime on May 29, 2025. It follows the investigation of the brutal murder of high-profile lawyer Adam Macintosh (Corey Stoll) and the devastating impact it has on his family: wife Chloe (Jessica Biel), son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan), and ex-wife, who also happens to be Chloe's sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks). While the police arrest Ethan for the crime, the truth is far more complicated. The eight-episode series explores themes of sibling rivalry, domestic violence, public perception versus private existence, and what it means to be an unreliable narrator. 

We touched base with Gloria Ruben, who played Ethan’s attorney Michelle Sanders, Gabriel Sloyer, who played Adam’s associate (and Chloe’s affair partner) Jake Rodriguez, and Maxwell Acee Donovan, who played the young accused murderer Ethan Macintosh. In the interview, the cast talks about “secrets, ambitions, and guilt”, as well as each of their approaches to their characters. Ruben, Sanders, and Sloyer also discuss one of the most explosive scenes in the series and how it impacted the characters they had so lovingly crafted. 

Watch the full interview on YouTube: 

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About The Better Sister

Release Date: May 29, 2025

Executive Producers: Olivia Milch, Regina Corrado, Craig Gillespie, Jessica Biel, Elizabeth Banks, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Alissa Bachner, Kerry Orent, Annie Marter, Michelle Purple

Directors: Craig Gillespie (101), Leslie Hope (102/103), Azazel Jacobs (104), Dawn Wilkinson (105/106), Stephanie Laing (107/108)

Production: Tomorrow Studios and Amazon MGM Studios

Distribution: Prime Video

Cast: Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel, Corey Stoll, Kim Dickens, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Bobby Naderi, Gabriel Sloyer, Gloria Reuben, with Matthew Modine, and Lorraine Toussaint.

Synopsis:The Better Sister, based on the novel by bestselling author Alafair Burke, is an 8-episode electric thriller limited series about the terrible things that drive sisters apart and ultimately bring them back together. Chloe (Jessica Biel), a high-profile media executive, lives a picturesque life with her handsome lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan) by her side while her estranged sister Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) struggles to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves through the family, reuniting the two sisters, as they try to untangle a complicated family history to discover the truth behind his death.