Ricky Martin is joining the cast of Ryan Murphy’s Verscace: American Crime Story. Martin will play Antonio D’Amico, the long term partner of slain fashion designer Gianni Versace.
The third season of the anthology series probably won’t be on our screens until 2018, but it’s already shaping up to have an impressive cast.
Penelope Cruz will play Versace’s sister Donatella, and Darren Criss has signed on the play Versace’s killer Andrew Cunnan. Edgar Ramirez has been cast as Gianni Versace.
The series follows the highly successful The People vs O.J. Simpson American Crime Story which picked up a swag of awards and was a ratings smash.
It’ll be the third installment of the series following Katrina: American Crime Story which will be released later this year.
In 1997, the 27 year old, Cunnan traveled across American on a four month killing spree murdering at least five people.
On July 15th he shot and killed fashion designer Gianni Versace on the steps of his Florida mansion. Versace had been returning from a morning walk to buy newspapers.
Police have never been able to work out what motivated Cunanan to commit the murders, which robbed the world of one of the great fashion designers. Cunnan committed suicide five days afer Versace’s murder.
At the time of the event there was intense media speculation that Cunanan had been triggered by finding out that he was HIV positive, but an autopsy showed that he did not have the virus. The assertion that Cunanan was HIV+ added to the already high level of stigma surrounding people who are living with HIV.
While most people think of Ricky Martin as a singer, he’s no stranger to acting. After he got his start in Puerto Rican boy band Menudo, Martin appeared in Mexican soap operas, after he moved to the USA he appeared in the long running soap opera General Hospital.
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