Patricia Arquette was instantly drawn to playing Maggie Murdaugh, the late wife of Alex Murdaugh , in the Hulu series “Murdaugh: Death in the Family.”

“Part of what I thought was really interesting about it was…most women who are killed in America are killed by their intimate partners. And, I’m a very similar age to her,” Arquette, 57, exclusively told The Post.

“I also grew up in this time where there was this good girl thing – this indoctrination about being a mom and a wife and [how] that’s this noble thing that you should aspire to be.” 7

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Now streaming on Hulu and Disney+ (with new episodes out weekly on Wednesdays), “Murdaugh: Death in the Family” dramatizes the true crime story of former South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh (played by Jason Clarke), who was convicted of

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