Trailer for Hulu's Crazy True Crime Thriller THE ACT with Patricia Arquette and Joey King
The Act is a new anthology series coming from Hulu that will focus on startling, stranger-than-fiction true crime stories. The trailer for the first season has been released, and it tells the crazy true story of Gypsy Blanchard (Joey King), a young girl trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her overprotective, mentally ill mother, Dee Dee (Patricia Arquette). “Her quest for independence opens a Pandora’s box of secrets, one that ultimately leads to murder.”
To everyone around her, Arquette’s Dee Dee Blanchard appears to be the perfect mom to her wheelchair-bound daughter, Gypsy Rose. She has guided and protected her daughter through a staggering number of hardships: severe illnesses, homelessness, and hurricane Katrina. To the people in her new neighborhood in Springfield, Missouri, she’s an admirable figure. But behind closed doors, her insecurities and need for control often get the better of her…
It's been explained that Gypsy is "everyone’s idea of the perfect sick child. Her overprotective mother, Dee Dee, has always been by her side. But as Gypsy’s sexuality comes into full bloom, she finds herself forced to rebel against her mother’s protectiveness, which has turned controlling and oppressive…"
I remember first hearing about this story on a true-crime podcast, and it’s insane that things like this happen in real life. This is the kind of stuff that you just can’t make up!
The Act comes from writers Nick Antosca and Michelle Dean, and it also stars Chloe Sevigny. You can check out the full trailer below.