"This situation, it was so tragic and so kind of traumatizing and toxic, that when you put yourself in the mind space of being in that character's position the feelings and the emotions really just flow through you," she said. Gypsy Rose Blanchard may be happily engaged, but her former love has yet to move on. The 19-year-old actress underwent a shocking transformation for the role by shaving her head. The real Gypsy Rose Blanchard has got engaged in prison Joey King is currently receiving critical acclaim for her starring role, which is based on the shocking true story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her mother Dee Dee. How Joey King Made Her Exhilarating Transformation Into Gypsy Rose Blanchard In. In 2015, Dee Dee was brutally stabbed to death by her daughter's boyfriend.Īll of the emotions from these events, King said, flowed through her during filming. Gypsy Rose Blanchard has revealed how she feels about Joey King playing her in Hulu's The Act.
I decided to strip away everything I thought I knew about acting, about anything, and just completely try and dive in and become someone else who's alive."īlanchard "lived" with chronic conditions for years – leukemia, muscular dystrophy and asthma among them – but most were later found to be fabricated by Dee Dee as part of an elaborate scam to get money. The Act just premiered on Hulu the show follows the story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who is serving a 1o-year sentence for murdering her abusive mother Dee Dee. She continued, "This role, the way I approached her, was very much different than how I've approached any other role. It was really exciting for me," she said. That's why I love it so much, because I was able to showcase something that I haven't showcased before, that I can completely transform myself, that I am capable of portraying a different person. "It is very different from the things I've been doing. On the show, Joey plays Gypsy, who suffered from.
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In an interview with E! News Wednesday, the actress talked about her transformation for the Hulu's drama "The Act," which is based on the life of Blanchard and the 2015 murder of her mother, Dee Dee (played by Patricia Arquette). Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the young woman whose life Hulus TV show The Act is based on, just reacted to actress Joey Kings Emmy nomination. Though Joey King has an impressive list of acting credits at just 19, she says she threw away what she knew about acting to play Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Gypsy Rose’s family is considering taking legal action against the creators of The Act for a number of reasons, Springfield News-Leader reported.