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After the Season Finale of The Act: Why Nicholas Godejohn Was Also a Victim

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Joey King and Calum Worthy play Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Nicholas Godejohn in The Act. Photo taken from http://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-166933/photos/detail/?cmediafile=21612288 Joey King and Calum Worthy starred in the last episode of The Act on Hulu on Wednesday, May 1st. The series depicted the real, true crime story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who was medically abused by her mother Dee Dee Blanchard, and was drove to the ultimate "act" of killing her. This was all with the help of her then online boyfriend, Nicholas Godejohn. For years Dee Dee, who suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, depicted Gypsy as terminally sick when she was perfectly healthy. Blanchard was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to her mother's murder while Godejohn was sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole. Since the premiere of the show, both King and Worthy have come out in talking about their preparation for the roles. During an in