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Hulu’s ‘The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox’ Debuts With Knox Helping Shape the Story

A USA TODAY columnist says the series finally centers her perspective instead of a tabloid caricature.

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Overview

  • The first two episodes premiered on Aug. 20 on Hulu, presenting the case from Knox’s point of view.
  • Amanda Knox is credited as an executive producer and pushed to include her life beyond the courtroom, including a 2022 return to Italy to meet the prosecutor.
  • Grace Van Patten stars as Knox, and Monica Lewinsky serves as an executive producer after bringing the project to 20th Television.
  • The column highlights scenes depicting aggressive police interrogation tactics as part of the show’s dramatization.
  • Background noted in the piece: Knox spent four years in prison and was definitively acquitted in 2015, while Rudy Guede was convicted in Meredith Kercher’s killing.