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As a kid, Christine Evangelista read movies as much as she watched them.

to rent a movie.

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My love for film came from that, she says.

Evangelista remembers being about 7 years old when she started enlisting neighbors to take part in her own mini-movies.

I always had some need to express myself, she says.

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More than 20 years later, that need has only grown.

denies any real-life comparisons.

Because what happens isnt always going to be easy to watch.

[The show] takes a very, very dark turn, the actress says.

It will reveal a dark side to the price of fame.

The Arrangementpremieres Sunday, March 5 at 10 p.m.