Is Matthew Rhys Playing a Fake Robert Durst on ‘The Beast in Me’?

Nile Jarvis shares more than a few passing traits with Bob Durst. On the series, Jarvis is the son of a New York City real estate tycoon Martin Jarvis, played by Breaking Bad’s Jonathan Banks. In the series, Martin runs Jarvis Industries, a massive real estate conglomerate that owns multiple skyscrapers in New York City and is under attack from a progressive political candidate calling out Jarvis Industries for monopolizing the city.

In reality, Durst was also the heir of a New York–based…