Amanda Knox made an sudden look within the season finale of Peacock’s Laid, and one of many present’s stars, Zosia Mamet, opened up about the way it all took place.
Primarily based on the 2011 Australian collection of the identical identify, Laid stars Stephanie Hsu as Ruby Yao, a 33-year-old single lady who realizes her former lovers are dying in unusual and sudden circumstances. Mamet performs Ruby’s finest good friend, AJ, a true-crime obsessive who regularly talks concerning the respect she has for Knox.
Knox spent nearly 4 years in jail in Italy after being wrongfully convicted in 2007 for the homicide of her roommate Meredith Kercher. She was acquitted by the Italian Supreme Court docket of Cassation in 2015.
Laid, which dropped its whole eight-episode season on December 19, sees Ruby sleep with AJ’s on-and-off boyfriend, shattering their friendship within the course of. Within the finale, Ruby makes an attempt to fix fences with AJ by establishing a shock dinner between AJ and Knox, pretending that AJ’s boyfriend organized the grand gesture.
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“Your boyfriend stated you at all times say, ‘If I might simply have one hour with Amanda Knox… Effectively, I’m Amanda Knox, and you’ve got one hour,” Knox tells AJ within the scene.
Chatting with IndieWire concerning the particular second, Mamet stated, “We saved the set very small that night time as a result of we didn’t need any spoilers and wished to respect Amanda’s privateness. It wasn’t dissimilar to the scene that we shot.”
She added, “[Amanda’s] great and so type and so good and so open about her expertise. She’s a power. She’s one of many strongest folks I’ve ever met.”
Knox additionally shared her ideas on the cameo, taking to Instagram to jot down, “It was enjoyable to take a break from courtroom drama to cameo on this TV comedy and do a scene with @zosiamamet.”
Along with Hsu and Mamet, Laid stars Michael Angarano as Richie, Tommy Martinez as Isaac, Andre Hyland as Zack, Elizabeth Bowen as Debra, Olivia Holt as Merci, Ryan Pinkston as Brad, David Denman as Detective Brenowitz, and Susan Berger as Jill Blanch.
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