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Writer Tom Rob Smith on ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’
Tom Rob Smith seems like a nice enough guy, but many of his works are about grisly murders. His newest project is ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace,’ FX’s second entry in its American Crime Story anthology.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenTom Rob Smith has written novels and TV shows about murder before, but with his newest project, ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace,’ he’s tackled his first story based on real events. The family of the slain fashion icon has slammed the FX series. Smith tells us about the challenges of writing about real people, and trying to make sense of Andrew Cunanan, the brutal killer who took the lives of 5 men, including Versace, in the course of three months. And on the news banter, women are speaking up about their salaries in an effort to improve pay parity.
