Mark Duplass is set to star alongside Ellen Pompeo and Imogen Faith Reid in Hulu’s upcoming thriller limited series Orphan. This is series is inspired by the true story of Natalia Grace and the Midwestern couple who adopted her believing she was a little girl with dwarfism. It turns out that she wasn’t who she said she was.
The series is being written by Katie Robbins, who also serves as showrunner. Duplass will take on the role of Michael Barnett, the husband of Pompeo’s Kristine Barnett, and adoptive father to Natalia (Faith Reid).
In 2019, “Michael, an upbeat Midwestern dad and retail manager, was charged, along with his ex-wife Kristine, for the neglect and abandonment of their daughter Natalia, whom they adopted in 2010. Already in the public eye because of Kristine’s bestselling book The Spark– about raising their son Jacob, a science prodigy– Michael’s world begins to crumble as he and Kristine are forced to defend the narratives they’ve spun about Natalia in the courts of law and public opinion.”
The story will be told from multiple points of view to reflect the conflicting narratives of its central characters.
Source: Deadline
