Amanda Knox became widely known after a 2007 wrongful conviction in Perugia, Italy, while a 20-year-old exchange student accused in the murder of Meredith Kercher. She spent four years in prison before an Italian appellate court overturned the conviction. The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox presents events from Knox's perspective, with Grace Van Patten portraying Knox. Van Patten emphasizes portraying Knox's moment-to-moment emotions, including the confusion during more than 50 hours of interrogation in another language and the disorientation upon entering prison. Knox serves as an executive producer and praised Van Patten's bilingual, emotionally specific performance spanning major life moments.
"The fact that she was a part of it and it was an opportunity to help her reclaim her story was really all I needed to want to do it,"
"What I really wanted to help portray was how she felt moment to moment throughout this whole saga of events. Her emotions have not been shared with the world. They have not been publicized, the only things that have not been publicized."
"To be able to show how she felt when she was being interrogated for over 50 hours straight in a different language, the confusion she felt, the specific emotions that she was going through when she was brought into prison and had no idea what was going on, and just trying to be really specific with what she was going through because that's what the public does not know,"
"She has to span a huge time of my life, the best moments of my life, the worst moment of my life. She has to do it in English and Italian. She worked her butt off for this series and I hope she gets the credit she deserves because she's a star,"
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