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Sharon Horgan Had 'Strange' History With Amanda Knox Before Playing Her Mom

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Sharon Horgan had a complicated history with Amanda Knox‘s high-profile trial before being cast as her mom, Edda Mellas, in Hulu’s The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox. “[I knew] quite a lot actually because there I don’t know how it was in the U.S but it was really blanket coverage here [in the U.K.],” Horgan, 55, exclusively told Us Weekly before the scripted series premiered on Wednesday, August 20. “And I’ve got quite a strange relationship with the past me and how I sort of viewed it.” Horgan pointed out “the bias toward” Knox, 38. “I remember it being so salacious but I remember reading it vo...