Emmy nominee Betty Gilpin (GLOW, The Hunt, Gaslit) has joined Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It) in Showtime’s drama series adaptation Three Women, based on the bestselling nonfiction book by author Lisa Taddeo, according to Deadline.
Jason Ralph (The Magicians), Blair Redford (Satisfaction) have also booked heavily recurring in the series, starring opposite recently announced Gabrielle Creevey in the series.
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In Three Women, “a group of women are on a crash course to radically overturn their lives,” according to the synopsis. “Lina (Gilpin), a homemaker in suburban Indiana, is a decade into a passionless marriage when she embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming and transforms her life. Sloane (Wise), a glamorous entrepreneur in the Northeast, has a committed open marriage with Richard, until two sexy new strangers threaten their aspirational love story. Maggie (Creevey), a student in North Dakota, weathers an intense storm after accusing her married English teacher, Aaron Knodel (Ralph), of an inappropriate relationship. Gia (Woodley), a writer grieving the loss of her family, persuades each of these three spectacular ‘ordinary’ women to tell her their stories, and her relationships with them change the course of her life forever.”
Redford will play Will, the oyster farmer who threatens to upend the perfect world of Sloane. Additionally, Jess Gabor (Shameless) will recur as Billie, Maggie’s “spunky, loyal best friend, an done of her only supporters in the community that turns on her.”
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The book, published in 2019 by Simon & Schuster, tells the story of three American women who suffered private and/or public backlash for their sexual desires. It took Taddeo “a decade to research, report, and write it,” with the author moving to the towns of her novel’s subjects in order to “achieve complete authenticity.” Gia’s storyline in the project mirrors Taddeo’s experience developing the novel.
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Adapted by Taddeo, Three Women is executive produced by Taddeo along with showrunner Laura Eason, Kathy Ciric, and Emmy Rossum. Louise Friedberg (Y: The Last Man) will direct and executive produce the first two episodes. Principal photography will begin this fall.
