Two Journalists, Two Killers
In real life, Michael Finkel and Christian Longo. In the forthcoming movie version, Jonah Hill and James Franco.
In the forthcoming movie adaptation True Story, Jonah Hill plays former New York Times Magazine reporter Michael Finkel while James Franco portrays convicted killer Christian Longo.
Per a Q&A in New York magazine, Finkel explains that for research purposes, Hill had dinner with the reporter in Manhattan to ask an evening’s worth of probing questions. Franco, on the other hand, has been very public about his desire to have nothing to do with Longo. Had the actor paid a visit to the killer in prison, Finkel says he probably would have been surprised by how normal the man seems:
“‘He’s a complicated guy’ is about the nicest thing I can say about Longo.
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