Grace Van Patten recently became Candide and opened its doors in close collaboration with Amanda Knox in the limited series of Hulu Amana Knox story torsion.
For the UNVERS, in the Twisted story of Amanda Knox, The 28 -year -old American actress plays Knox, 20, an American author, activist and journalist, who is now 38, and was found guilty of having killed his roommate Meredith Kercher while studying in Italy.
The series shows “the 16 -year -old Odyssey of Knox to free himself” and for Patten, it is an “opportunity to recover his story”.
Speak with PEOPLE Magazine, “she said,” What I thought so beautiful is that everyone approached him so empathetic. No one is the villain of history. “
THE Tell me lies Star admitted that she was fascinated by the story of Knox after watching her 2016 documentary.
Patten joked, “it was a crazy moment and in a full circle for me because I remember when it happened. And I remember watching the documentary, and it was pretty much at the same time when I started playing, and I was so fascinated by history and Amanda as a human being. I remember having this dream to play it one day.”
Obtaining the role made her feel “the most excited” she has ever been for a project but also gave her “the most nerves I have ever had”.
“I had never played a real human existing in the world, so it was very new to me. And the essential for me was what Amanda participation was going to have in it”, the Nine perfect foreigners Alum said.
In particular, Kox, mother of two, is now an executive producer of the series and, according to Patten, she “trusted” her throughout the process.
“As she was willing to talk to me and trust me, it was very beautiful and emotional because of the way people created this story of all her life,” she said.
