Maker Of Acclaimed ‘Staircase’ Doc Feels ‘Betrayed’ By New HBO Max Drama
Director Jean-Xavier de Lestrade won critical acclaim for his 2005 documentary “The Staircase”, chronicling the trial of novelist Michael Peterson, accused of murdering his wife in 2001.
The true-crime story is now being dramatized in a new HBO Max series, also called “The Staircase”, starring Colin Firth as Peterson and Toni Collette as his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
However, de Lestrade is coming forward to declare he’s no fan of the new series, telling Vanity Fair that he feels “betrayed” by filmmaker Antonio Campos, who created the HBO Max series. READ MORE: Toni Collette Joins Colin Firth In HBO’s Upcoming TV Drama Adaptation Of The True Crime Documentary ‘The Staircase’ “I have to protect my work,” filmmaker de Lestrade explained. “A series on HBO like this will get huge attention.
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