Mischa Barton’s new role won’t be toned down

The actress – who was recently sectioned for psychiatric treatment and has worried friends with her wild partying – plays a model called Sonja Stone in ‘The Beautiful Life’ and producers say she is “embracing” storylines that echo her own troubles.

Executive producer Mike Kelley told website E! Online: "I had that conversation with Mischa, and those stories were going to be told with or without Mischa being the actress in that role, so I just said I didn't want to be insensitive with what was happening with her. But at the same time I didn't want to not tell interesting and dramatic stories, and she was game.”