Elle Fanning to play Michelle Carter in show about texting suicide case

Another real-life incident is coming to screen. Hollywood star Elle Fanning has been cast as Michelle Carter, the Massachusetts woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter after she urged her boyfriend to take his own life via phone calls and text messages in 2014, reported The Hollywood Reporter.

Streaming giant Hulu announced on Friday that its upcoming limited series, The Girl From Plainville, will shed light on Carter’s relationship with 18-year-old Conrad Roy III which led to the events leading to Roy’s death and the suicide investigation that resulted in Carter’s 2017 conviction.

Fanning will also executive produce The Girl From Plainville, based on the 2017 Esquire article of the same name by Jesse Barron.

Roy’s suicide drew national attention in 2017 after disturbing text messages from Carter that included, “Just do it, babe,” was released to the public.

She later became the subject of a two-part HBO docuseries, I Love You, Now Die, featuring Barron and directed by Erin Lee Carr - both of whom will be consulting producers on Hulu’s scripted adaptation. Carter, who was 17 at the time of Roy’s death, was released from jail in January of this year - more than three months short of her sentence - and is now serving five years probation.

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