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Hugh Laurie Joins HBO's 'The Trial Of Louise Woodward'

Original: Hugh Laurie Joins HBO’s ‘The Trial Of Louise Woodward’

Hugh Laurie has signed on to star in HBO's 'The Trial Of Louise Woodward', according to Deadline. The series revisits the 1997 case of the British au pair convicted in the death of baby Matthew Eappen in Massachusetts, a trial that gripped both the US and UK. Casting Laurie signals a prestige drama treatment of one of the most divisive court cases of the 1990s.

Why now: Casting news of a major star in a drama about a famous 1990s case draws fresh attention to the story.

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