Fan Casting The Wasp: The Rise and Fall of Susan Cabot

Susan Cabot’s life was a cocktail of glamour, pain, and untold secrets. Known for her B-movie roles in Roger Corman’s films, Cabot earned cult status as the title character in The Wasp Woman—a reflection of her desperate search for beauty, success, and validation in a town notorious for its dark allure. But behind the starlet’s captivating smile lay a tumultuous past shaped by her Jewish heritage, abandonment, and a diagnosis of psychotic paranoia that haunted her personal life. Through a beautifully dark and meticulously researched narrative, The Wasp unravels Susan’s complex relationships—her ill-fated romance with King Hussein of Jordan, her struggles with mental illness, and her unconventional life as a single mother raising a son with dwarfism. The series builds tension as it explores her descent into paranoia, fueled by mysterious treatments with an unregulated hormone that may have heightened her psychological fragility. It leads viewers into the tragic night when her son Timothy, the person she loved most, took her life in what he claimed was an act of self-defense against a mother he no longer recognized.