Margaret Qualley has backed out of a new Hulu series in which she was to play Amanda Knox.
The Poor Things actress, 29, was attached to the project back in March as both its lead and executive producer, but Deadline reported on Tuesday that she has pulled out due to'scheduling conflicts.'
The untitled project has been described as being 'based on the true story of how Knox was wrongfully convicted for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher and her 16-year odyssey to set herself free.'
Margaret is currentlyworking on a movie called Honey Don't!, alongside Aubrey Plaza. Her exit won’t impact production of the eight-episode series as filming isn't scheduled to start filming until October.
Margaret Qualley has backed out of a new Hulu series in which she was to play Amanda Knox
The Poor Things actress, 29, was attached to the project back in March, but Deadline reported on Tuesday that she has pulled out due to 'scheduling conflicts.'
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed in October 2023 that Amanda has teamed up with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky on the big-budget TV drama about her life.
The two women have formed a 'close' bond while working on the project, which will see Amanda shedding new and dramatic light on the untimely death of British student Meredith, 21, who was found brutally stabbed to death in their shared home in Perugia, Italy, in 2007.
The case gripped the globe when it began to unfold - and its many gory details, twists, and turns, have since been the focus of several TV dramas.
Amanda is set to put her own spin on the retelling of events that have been so closely scrutinized over the last 16 years - and all with the help of Monica, 50, with whom she has become 'very close' during the production of the series.
'Monica and Amanda have become very close and are in touch almost constantly. They find that they have a lot in common, and support each other,' a friend told DailyMail.com.
Monica, 50, who was herself thrown into the spotlight after it was revealed that she'd had an affair with then-President Bill Clintonwhen she was 22 years old and working as a White House intern, firsthinted at the showlast year.
While she didn't divulge much, she teased an exciting new project during an appearance on the Today show - revealing that she was working with 'another young woman who found her life ripped apart'.
She said, 'I wish it were announced already, but I’m executive producing a series on another young woman who found her life ripped apart on the world stage, but she somehow managed to survive.
Wrongfully convicted Amanda Knox (seen in 2011) has written a new show that will tell her story for Hulu - and it's being producedby Monica Lewinsky
'I think it’s going to be really powerful and hopefully they will announce it soon.'
As well as Monica, Amanda and her husband Christopher Robinson will also serve as executive producers while the script has been penned by This Is Us screenwriter KJ Steinberg.
Monica stepped into the world of producing in 2019, when she produced the series Impeachment, which told the story of her entanglement with Bill, as well as her betrayal by one-time friend Linda Tripp, played bySarah Paulson.
Monica was portrayed by actressBeanie Feldstein, and the show was run by Ryan Murphy- the mastermind behind other popular series like Glee and American Horror Story.
Amanda - and her then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito - were both convicted of the violent crime and spent nearly four years in prison after the murder of exchange student Meredith.
She had called the police after finding Meredith's bedroom door locked and noticing blood in the bathroom, but after law enforcement officials noticed her acting odd, she became a suspect.
At the time, Amanda put the blame on her boss at a local bar she worked at,Patrick Lumumba, who had a solid alibi, which only made police more suspicious of her.
After an immense investigation and trial, Amanda, who was 20 years old at the time, as well as her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, were convicted for the crime in 2009 - and she was sentenced to 26 years in prison for faking a break-in, defamation, sexual violence, and murder.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed in October 2023 that Amanda has teamed up with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky on the big-budget TV drama about her life
The entire world watched on as the trial played out, and millions were divided over whether or not Amanda and Raffaele had committed the horrific crime.
Later, however, a known burglar named Rudy Guede was arrested and found guilty for killing Meredith after his bloodstained fingerprints were found on her belongings.
Amanda and Raffaele's convictions were both overturned by an Italian court in 2015. She was eventually paid nearly $19,000 in compensation for miscarriages of justice, including not being given a lawyer or a competent interpreter when she was first held in custody.
Since then, she wrote a memoir about what happened to her, and in 2018, she became the host of a series called The Scarlet Letter Reports, which focuses on the 'gendered nature of public shaming.' In addition, she runs a podcast calledThe Truth About True Crime.
She is now married to Christopher Robinson, and together, they share one daughter.
Amanda was wrongfully arrested for killing her roommate, Meredith Kercher (seen), in Italy in 2007, and then acquitted of all charges eight years later
Amandais currently fighting a new slander trial in Italy after she falsely accused father-of-two bar owner Patrick Lumumba of Meredith.
Although she was cleared of her murder conviction, Amanda was convicted of slander, sentenced to three years and ordered to pay Mr Lumumba compensation.
But in 2019 she successfully won an appeal in the European Court of Human Rights arguing her defence rights had been violated by police during the questioning regarding Mr Lumumba.
As a result the Italian Supreme Court ordered a retrial for the slander conviction in October and last Wednesday the trial started but without Knox, who has remained in her native Seattle.
