I’d never heard the word Munchausen and I’d never heard of the case. I had friends saying, ‘You absolutely need to play this girl when the scripts come out,’ and I did.
I was very fascinated by the case for a long time, this specific case, and I actually had friends who recommended the documentary to me. Were you aware of Munchausen Syndrome before this film?Įmily Skeggs: “I’m a true crime fanatic. Harden and Skeggs spoke with Showbiz Junkies about Love You To Death, which airs Saturday, Januat 8pm ET/PT on Lifetime. Gypsy Rose ultimately got a boyfriend to help her kill her mother so she could escape. Lifetime’s latest movie, Love You to Death, starring Marcia Gay Harden and Emily Skeggs, dramatizes a true crime case of Munchausen by Proxy.Ĭamile (Harden) and Esme (Skeggs) are fictionalizations of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard. When the child is not actually sick and the mother is forcing her to sit in a wheelchair and take medication via feeding tube, that is a case of Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. When a child is sick, a mother will do anything to care for him or her. Emily Skeggs and Marcia Gay Harden star in ‘Love You to Death’ (Photo by Courtesy of Lifetime
