Katie Holmes goes casual in Calabasas as it emerges her relationship with Tom Cruise and Scientology are NOT the basis for new E! series

It's about an A-list actor, with close ties to the leader of a 'self help' organisation, who offers a young aspiring actress a marital contract.

And according to the creators of E!'s new series The Arrangement, it has nothing  to do with Tom Cruise, Scientology or Katie Holmes.

The 38-year-old actress was spotted out and about in Calabasas on Wednesday.

Stepped out: Katie Holmes was spotted out and about in Calabasas on Wednesday

The Dawson's Creek star rocked a casual look as she headed for lunch in Jasmine Thai, wearing flats, jeans and a grey cardigan.

She finishing off with a Burberry scarf, and kept her heir in a loose high bun.

The day before, any similarities between her life and that of Megan Morrison - played by Christine Evangelista - in the upcoming show were shrugged off as coincidence.

Chill: The Dawson's Creek star rocked a casual look as she headed for lunch in Jasmine Thai, wearing flats, jeans and a grey cardigan

Laid back: She finishing off with a Burberry scarf, and kept her heir in a loose high bun

Not me: The day before, any similarities between her life and that of Megan Morrison - played by Christine Evangelista - in the upcoming show were shrugged off as coincidence

The plot sees Morrison auditioning to play the female lead in a high profile film opposite action star Kyle West (Josh Henderson). 

But her Cinderella story takes an unexpected turn when she meets Terrence Anderson (Michael Vartan), the leader of the self-help organization the Institute of The Higher Mind,who offers her a $10million contract to enter into a secretly arranged marriage. 

Despite being asked Scientology-related questions by almost every journalist at the TCAs, executive producer Jonathan Abrams insisted The Higher Mind is based on self-help and 12-step programs, and is 'not a religion'.

Uncanny: The plot sees Morrison auditioning to play the female lead in a high profile film opposite action star Kyle West (Josh Henderson)

Sounds familiar: But her Cinderella story takes an unexpected turn when she meets Terrence Anderson (Michael Vartan), the leader of the self-help organization the Institute of The Higher Mind,who offers her a $10million contract to enter into a secretly arranged marriage

Coincidence: Despite being asked Scientology-related questions by almost every journalist at the TCAs, executive producer Jonathan Abrams insisted The Higher Mind is based on self-help and 12-step programs, and is 'not a religion'

'Hollywood is such an aspirational town and these self-help organizations are about aspiring to a higher way of living, to having more successes in your profession and more success in relationships and having a more fulfilling life. There's a real promise to it," Abrahams said, according to TV Guide.

'All of these [programs] have something in common, and it's this idea that the shackles of your past can be broken if you follow the system, if you follow a structure about how to live you life and you can shape a future that is not informed necessarily by the trauma or the bad experiences you've had in the past.'

The Arrangement premieres on E! on March 5. 

Coming soon: The Arrangement premieres on E! on March 5

 

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