adrienne-shelley

Defamer Casting: Finding Adrienne Shelly's Murderer

mark · 01/11/07 05:06PM

Once again proving there is virtually no ripped-from-the-headlines crime they're unwilling to exploit in the name of easily-syndicated primetime procedural drama, the gang over at Law & Order are already planning an episode based on the tragic murder of Adrienne Shelly, the actress who was killed in November by a construction worker who then tried to make the crime look like a suicide by hanging her. A reader sent in this casting notice for the role of "Julio Contreras":

'Law & Order' Can't Resist Adrienne Shelley Episode

Doree Shafrir · 01/11/07 04:20PM

Well, it was bound to happen sometime, but frankly we're a little shocked how fast Dick Wolf is getting going on the Adrienne Shelley rip-off episode, as this casting notice currently circulating attests: