Sarah Paulson to play Gwen Shamblin in new HBO Max series

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of american horror story Actress was cast as a controversial religious leader Gwen Shamblin of HBO MaxA scripted version of the documentation series for The Way Down: The Cult of God, Greed, and Gwen Shamblin,e! I learned the news. Paulson will also serve as an executive producer on the series.

In addition to being known for her signature huge hairstyle, Gwen rose to prominence as the founder of Christian-based diet programs The Waydown Workshop and Remnant Fellowship Church. program and the church’s cult-like practices of abuse and exploitation.

Gwen and her then-husband, according to documentary David Chamblin right Incorporate weight loss practices They put pressure on parishioners to fast if they hadn’t lost more than two pounds a week.

“I told myself that I would just have to stop eating to lose more weight. I lost 130 pounds in 18 months, but they told me to fast to lose more weight,” says former Remnant. Telacy Morris Claimed in the document series. “The faster you do it, the more divine you become.”