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Margaret Qualley to star in Hulu limited-series about Amanda Knox, who was wrongfully convicted for the homicide of her roommate.
Margaret Qualley will play Amanda Knox in an eight-episode restricted collection ordered at Hulu. The present is “based mostly on the true story of how Knox was wrongfully convicted for the homicide of her roommate Meredith Kercher and her 16-year odyssey to set herself free.“
The collection was created by KJ Steinberg (This Is Us), who will function author and govt producer. Along with starring as Amanda Knox, Qualley will even govt produce alongside Steinberg, Warren Littlefield, Lisa Harrison, Ann Johnson, and Graham Littlefield. Monica Lewinsky can also be onboard as an govt producer, with Amanda Knox and Chris Robinson producing by way of Knox Robinson Productions.
Amanda Knox commented on the collection in a collection of since-deleted posts on social media, saying that earlier diversifications of her story haven’t felt true to what she skilled. “Once I first got here dwelling from jail, I used to be approached by huge gamers in Hollywood who needed to inform my story,” she wrote. “I turned them down. It didn’t really feel like MY story. It felt just like the story of a bunch of different individuals’s errors and the implications that I and others suffered because of this. It felt like a narrative I used to be trapped in.” Earlier tasks coping with Knox’s story embody Amanda Knox: Homicide on Trial for Lifetime and the Netflix documentary Amanda Knox.
Knox credit Monica Lewinsky with getting the ball rolling on the Hulu collection. “[Lewinsky] deeply understood the stakes, and had a eager expertise for storytelling herself,” she stated. “She related us with twentieth Tv and Hulu, and we had been off to the races!” Knox can also be thrilled that Qualley will play her within the collection. “Margaret Qualley, who’s magical in every part she’s starred in, from Maid, to As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood, to the brand new Drive Away Dolls,” Knox stated. “I nonetheless can’t fairly consider she stated sure.“
Margaret Qualley was lately seen in Drive Away Dolls, a comedy directed by Ethan Coen, which he additionally co-wrote with Tricia Cooke. The movie follows Jamie, an uninhibited free spirit bemoaning yet one more breakup with a girlfriend, and her demure good friend Marian who desperately must loosen up. In quest of a recent begin, the 2 embark on an impromptu highway journey to Tallahassee, however issues shortly go awry once they cross paths with a bunch of inept criminals alongside the best way.