To prepare for their film Stillwater,” based on the case of Amanda Knox, the Seattle native who was acquitted in 2015 by Italy’s highest court after being wrongfully convicted of murder, actor Matt Damon and director Tom McCarthy spent time in Oklahoma, getting to know real-life oil-rig workers who might have something in common with Damon’s character, according to coverage from Rolling Stone.

They did not try to reach Knox.

“The cherry on top of this #STILLWATER thing: Damon & McCarthy spent time with and developed empathy for ‘Oklahoma roughnecks,’ but didn’t think to extend that same effort and empathy to the wrongfully vilified woman they used as a plot device,” commented Knox on Twitter, with a screenshot from the Rolling Stone story.

In a similarly-focused Medium post and an essay

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