When watching archival footage (including the HBO documentary “Mommy Dead and Dearest”), King saw a girl who “was trapped. SEE Patricia Arquette could be double-fisting at the Emmys with the double whammy of ‘Escape at Dannemora’ and ‘The Act’ “One of the most important things for me was to get her physicality right,” King explains, “the way she moves and the way she carries herself.” Because Gypsy had undergone a number of surgeries and treatments for her imaginary ailments, King had to physically transform for the role, including shaving her head and wearing false teeth.