Amanda Knox Reacts to Similarities Between Her Life Story & Matt Damon's New Film 'Stillwater'

“Stillwater” director Tom McCarthy is responding to Amanda Knox’s recent criticism of the film, which she says appears to be “loosely based” on her life.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorIn his new film “Stillwater,” co-writer/director Tom McCarthy wanted to present the image of an American hero – and then turn it on its head.

After denouncing the Matt Damon movie "Stillwater" in a recent Twitter thread, Amanda Knox explained why she spoke out about the movie that was inspired by her real-life case.  "Stillwater" director Tom McCarthy has previously said that the movie is inspired by the 34-year-old who, along with Raffaele Sollecito, was twice convicted and later acquitted in the 2007 murder of Knox’s roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Perugia, Italy.The film sees Damon, 50, play a father whose daughter finds herself in

Amanda Knox and her husband, Christopher Robinson, have a baby on the way.

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Stillwater director Tom McCarthy and star Matt Damon of profiting off her experiences by “distorting” her character, “at the expense of [her] reputation”.In 2009, Knox and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were wrongfully convicted of the 2007 murder of Knox’s roommate Meredith Kercher, following a trial that was marked by media speculation about her character.Knox spent four years in prison following her conviction, and was acquitted in 2011.

Taking power back. Amanda Knox is speaking out after the premiere of Matt Damon‘s Stillwater, which has been described as being loosely based on her life.

William Earl Amanda Knox, an American exchange student who spent nearly four years in Italian prison for the 2007 murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher before being acquitted in 2015, was the inspiration for the just-released “Stillwater,” starring Matt Damon and directed and co-written by Tom McCarthy.Although “Stillwater” spins a fictitious story, McCarthy has not been shy about name-checking Knox during the press cycle, and a Vanity Fair interview with her name in the headline inspired

Amanda Knox has lashed out at Matt Damon’s new film Stillwater, claiming that it profits from her wrongful conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher.

Amanda Knox is speaking out against Matt Damon’s new film, “Stillwater”.

Amanda Knox is speaking out against Matt Damon's new film, The 34-year-old writer and journalist called out the people involved in the movie that «profits off my name, face, & story without my consent,» she wrote on her website on Thursday.

Stillwater being falsely marketed as a Taken-style thriller.The film stars Damon as a blue-collar worker who tries to exonerate his daughter from a murder charge while she is imprisoned in France.“When my producer told me about the movie, and what it’s about, it’s a guy who goes to save his daughter, I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s gonna be a franchise thing?” Damon said on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast this week.The actor became concerned that Stillwater would be presented in a similar light in order to tap

 Matt Damon is happy for his friend  Ben Affleck . The actor spoke about his pal reuniting with former fiancée  Jennifer Lopez  while at the premiere of his new movie Stillwater in New York City.

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