Betsy Brandt is opening up about her latest project. In an interview with ET's Nischelle Turner, the Breaking Bad alum addresses speculation that her new flick, The Bad Orphan , is based the real-life story of Natalia Grace . As was chronicled in The Curious Case of Natalia Grace , the so-called orphan adoption scandal surrounded Natalia, a woman accused of pretending to be a 6-year-old orphan by her former parents, Michael Barnett and Kristine Barnett .
The Barnetts additionally allege that Natalia tried to harm them and their biological children. Natalia, who has a form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal, denied the allegations and levied claims of abuse and abandonment of her own, both of which the Barnetts have denied . Meanwhile, the synopsis for The Bad Orphan reads, "Loving parents Jessica and Karl are elated when they adopt a troubled 8-year-old orphan named Gabby.
However, as Gabby's unsettling behavior worsens, Jessica becomes increasingly concerned that she's now a threat to the family." Amid the apparent similarities of the real-life story and the Lifetime film, Brandt told ET, "There are some things that happen that you don't wanna go through in your life, you don't want anyone you care about to go through." "I remember when that story came out, and I was like, 'Oh my God,'" she said of the Natalia Grace saga.
"For me, the interesting thing about the true story was that here's this couple, you think you're in one situation and it turns out you're in something .
