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.
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