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'The Act' Star Joey King Says Gypsy Rose Blanchard Has Reached Out to Her Since Her Prison Release

King starred as Blanchard in the Emmy-nominated Hulu limited series.

While chatting about the inspiration for the series, which also starred Patricia Arquette, AnnaSophia Robb and Chloë Sevigny, podcast host Dax Shepard asked King if any of the real people from the story have reached out to her in the five years since the show became an overnight phenomenon. Patricia Arquette as Dee Dee Blanchard and Joey King as Gypsy Rose Blanchard in Hulu's 'The Act' - HuluThe series, which won Arquette, 56, an Emmy and scored King her first-ever nomination, followed the true events of Blanchard (King) and her then-boyfriend, Nicholas "Nick" Godejohn (Calum Worthy) conspiring to kill her mother (Arquette) after discovering she has been suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a rare disorder in which a guardian exaggerates or induces illness in a child for attention and sympathy. King told the podcast hosts that while her portrayal of Blanchard eventually received critical praise and awards recognition, it could have ended up in another actress' hands entirely.

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