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Renée Zellwegeris getting deep into character for her upcoming limited seriesThe Thing About Pam.
The four-time Golden Globe winner, 52, was unrecognizable this week as she was transformed into convicted killerPamela Hupp, on the New Orleans set of the NBC miniseries, which will recount the wild murder and cover-up plotfor which Hupp was chargedin July.
She donned a number of face and body prosthetics to resemble her real-life character, layered under a blue and purple windbreaker, with her blonde hair in a lob haircut.
Huppwas chargedthis summer for the 2011 murder of her friend Elizabeth “Betsy” Faria, who made Hupp the beneficiary of a $150,000 life insurance policy in her final days. She’s also accused offraming Betsy’s husband Russell Fariafor the murder.
Police “didn’t look at Pam Hupp at all,” Betsy’s daughter Mariah Day told PEOPLE in 2017 of the original investigation. Russell was arrested and charged with his wife’s death, serving more than two years in prison before he was acquitted in 2015, as his defense attorneys pointed to Hupp as an alternate suspect.
Pam Hupp.St. Charles County Prosecutor’s Office
Hupp is currently serving a life sentencefor the 2016 murder of Louis Gumpenberger, which prosecutors allege was part of a plot to divert attention away from her and back to Russell in his wife’s death.
Although Hupp took the guilty plea to avoid the death sentence, the bizarre incident led Lincoln County Prosecutor Mike Wood to look at her for Betsy’s murder, for which Wood said he’s seeking the death penalty during a Julynews conference.
Hupp’s lawyer did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment about the allegations.
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Zellwegerwas cast as Huppin February, making her network television debut in the six-episode limited series, while also serving as an executive producer through her banner Big Picture Co.
source: people.com
