The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

Since Middleburg largely takes place at a single resort, there are several panels and discussions in their coziest event space. The last on the menu was a discussion about the forthcoming miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story which is the second season of that anthology series which began with the Emmy-winning The People Vs Oj Simpson…

A correction: though it billed itself as a preview of the series it was in actuality a discussion with the reporter/author Maureen Orth about her non-fiction book “Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History”. Orth was an expert on Cunanan before he took the life of the famous fashion designer so she was in the right place at the right time to write that bestseller. Her book served as an inspiration for the series. Her talk was mostly focused on Cunanan but she suspects the miniseries, which she hasn’t seen yet, will lean more heavily on the Versace elements of his killing spree than her book does since they’re obviously the public fascination. One interesting note: she will be seeing the series before it premieres and it’s in her contract that she can withdraw her name from the project if she doesn’t like what they’ve done with it! So theoretically it could go from “adapted from the book by…” to just “screenplay by Tom Rob Smith”. (For what it’s worth Tom Rob Smith wrote the excellent BBC miniseries London Spy so there’s reason to hope this miniseries will be great.)

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