Sarah Paulson to Play Disgraced Diet Guru Gwen Shamblin in HBO Max Biopic

21/09/2022 20:00

Sarah Paulson will star in and executive produce a movie about Gwen Shamblin, the woman who ran a cult-like diet program and church beginning in the 1980s, Deadline revealed on Sept. 19. The film will be a scripted adaption of the HBO Max docuseries "The Way Down," which chronicles Shamblin's rise and downfall. Shamblin, who died in 2021, ran a diet program called the Weigh Down Workshop. She quickly amassed a devoted following and went on to found the Remnant Fellowship Church. But she was eventually accused of physical, emotional, and psychological abuse by followers, some of whom said the . . .