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Billy Zane on Larry Ray Story abuse scenes: 'Actors should get emotional stunt pay'

Billy Zane says playing Sarah Lawrence 'cult' leader Larry Ray in Lifetime's upcoming film "Devil on Campus" took a toll on him and the cast: 'Actors should get emotional stunt pay.'

After inspiring multiple true-crime podcasts and documentaries, the wild story of the Sarah Lawrence "sex cult" has reached the necessary next phase of its pop-culture evolution: The Lifetime movie. The film chronicles how the students — played by Manuela Sosa, Alexis Sides, Frankie Warren, Miles Merry, Erin Walsh, and Tedra Rogers — suffered under Ray's domineering influence for a decade before he was finally exposed in the press and ultimately arrested. BILLY ZANE: I was as mind-blown as anyone [by the story], and then started watching the docs and listening to the podcast and thinking, “How on earth…?” I was initially fascinated by how susceptible we are as a species, how easily swayed we are by suggestion and our desire to keep coming back for more.

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