Although his story has been told in the television miniseries. The act, Gypsy Rose Blanchard has an actress in mind to play her in a possible movie.
When asked who she would like to play her in a movie, Gypsy Rose had a quick answer. “You know it’s funny because I always wanted Millie Bobby Brown to play me,” she explained. “So, I think she would be good at playing me. I always had you in mind!
The act premiered in March 2019 and consists of eight episodes detailing Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s struggles for independence while suffering physical and mental abuse at the hands of her mother, Dee Dee. To free her, Gypsy Rose and her ex-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn carry out her plan to murder Dee Dee.
““Dee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother,” the series summary reads, according to IMDb. “Gypsy’s quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder.”
After they were both captured by authorities, Gypsy Rose and Nicholas were charged with murder. During her 2016 trial, Gypsy Rose pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Godejohn was charged with first degree and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The television miniseries starred Joey King as Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard. Other stars of the series were AnnaSophia Robb, Chloe Sevigny and Calum Worthy.
In September 2023, Gypsy Rose Blanchard was granted parole after serving almost eight years of her sentence. She was released from prison on December 28 and is now home with her husband Ryan Scott Anderson.
Joey King Once Talked About Playing Gypsy Rose Blanchard in ‘The Act’
During a 2019 interview with Variety, Joey King spoke about her approach to playing Gypsy Rose Blanchard in The act.
“The physical transformation was really huge for me,” King said. “I shaved my head, I wore four different sets of false teeth for the role, and with the costumes, the wheelchair, and the voice, it all seemed to really fit for me.”
King later reflected on the abuse Gypsy Rose Blanchard suffered while in Dee Dee’s care. “In the first few episodes I really think Gypsy believed her mother and wanted to listen to her,” King said. “Because she didn’t know anything else; her life had always been about trusting Dee Dee, listening to Dee Dee.”
However, King said things changed as Gypsy Rose grew older. “So for me, with Gypsy’s performance, when Dee Dee is around her, Gypsy is so infantilized and sweet: ‘I’m your little girl and I’ll always be your little girl.’ And when Dee Dee is not there, she little by little becomes more and more sexualized.”
King added that after that it stopped being a performance in front of Dee Dee. “And as the series goes on you’ll see a much bigger difference,” he noted. “In the way I act when Dee Dee is there.”
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