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Sarah Paulson to play author Gwen Shamblin in adaptation of HBO Max's docuseries The Way Down
Sarah Paulson is set to play a controversial figure in an upcoming HBO Max series. According to Deadline, the 47-year-old actress will play author and cult-like figure Gwen Shamblin. The series will be a scripted adaptation of The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin, an HBO Max docuseries about Shamblin.  New role: Sarah Paulson is set to play a controversial figure in an upcoming HBO Max series (pictured 2018)Michelle Dean will serve as the series' showrunner. She was also the showrunner on The Act, a biopic limited series starring Joey King and Patricia Arquette.  Shamblin first rose to prominence for creating the Christian-based diet program Weigh Down Workshop. She then went on to found the Remnant Fellowship Church though she was later accused of 'emotional, psychological and physical abuse and exploitation for the church’s alleged cult-like practices,' according to Deadline's article.  Another real person: According to Deadline, the 47-year-old actress will play author and cult-like figure Gwen Shamblin Diet program: Shamblin first rose to prominence for creating the Christian-based diet program Weigh Down Workshop Controversial: She then went on to found the Remnant Fellowship Church though she was later accused of 'emotional, psychological and physical abuse and exploitation for the church’s alleged cult-like practices,' according to Deadline's article Shamblin and her husband Joe Lara died in a plane crash last year after three episodes of The Way Down were produced. The team behind the docuseries then interviewed others about the church she created and its practices for the last couple episodes. Paulson isn't new to becoming a real person on screen.
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Sarah Paulson to Play Cult Leader Gwen Shamblin in ‘The Way Down’ Scripted Adaptation at HBO Max
Kate Aurthur editor Sarah Paulson is no stranger to playing real people: Among other roles, she won an Emmy award for her portrayal of Marcia Clark in 2016’s “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” and was recently nominated for an Emmy for “Impeachment: American Crime Story” for playing Linda Tripp. Now, Paulson is attached to star and executive produce the scripted adaptation of “The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin,”  which HBO Max is developing from its own five-part docuseries. Michelle Dean, who was the co-creator of the 2019 Hulu limited series “The Act,” is the showrunner of the scripted adaptation. HBO Max dropped the first three episodes of Marina Zenovich’s investigative docuseries “The Way Down” on Sept. 30 of last year. It detailed Gwen Shamblin Lara’s rise from being a diet guru with her Weigh Down Workshop (launched in 1986) to the founding of her Tennessee church, Remnant Fellowship, in 1999. According to ex-congregants and diet followers featured in “The Way Down,” Shamblin Lara exerted unwelcome, cult-leader-like control over their lives.

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