Deadline reported that Glennon Doyle’s memoir Untamed was set to be adapted into a television series by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company — Adele recently credited the book as being behind her new-found confidence.
In Untamed, Doyle shares her story of meeting and falling in love with her wife, soccer super star Abby Wambach; of following her heart and upending her life; and about finding her truest self.
She tells it all with humor and heart, and it’s the kind of part actors dream of. Now we know who’ll be stepping into the role of Doyle for the series: Paulson.As Doyle shared on the podcast We Can Do Hard Things, Paulson wasn’t only her top pick, but her only pick. “I, in my little sweaty heart, have known the person that I needed, the universe to provide, to play me in the Untamed show that I have always known in my little sweaty heart.
One shot, one shot for this human,” she said, adding, “Sarah Paulson comes once in a freaking lifetime.” Because Doyle was set on Paulson from the beginning, the team at Bad Robot suggested that she reach out to the actor by writing her a letter, which she did — and she shared both her hilarious email and Paulson’s reply on the episode.“Dear Sarah, everything is hard right now,” the letter began. “The way I love the world when things are hard is to keep creating beautiful, true, hopeful things.