Ricky Martin Joins "Versace: American Crime Story"
by Sadie Gennis
April 7, 2017


Singer Ricky Martin has signed on to star in the third season of Ryan Murphy's FX anthology "Versace: American Crime Story".

Martin will star as Antonio D'Amico, the longtime partner of Gianni Versace.



This marks Martin's first major acting role, although he previously guest-starred in an episode of "Glee", which was also created by Murphy.

The 10-episode season will premiere in 2018, following the debut of "American Crime Story's" second season, "Katrina".

http://www.tvguide.com/news/ricky-martin-versace-american-crime-story/

Gianni Versace's Partner Slams "American Crime Story" Portrayal as a "Misrepresentation"
by Praxilla Trabattoni and Steve Helling
January 29, 2018


Antonio D’Amico, the longtime partner of the late Italian designer Gianni Versace, is not happy with FX’s new series about Versace’s life and death, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" — and he tells PEOPLE exclusively that the project contains multiple inaccuracies.

“Significant parts of the series on Gianni Versace’s murder do not reflect the reality of the events that took place,” says D’Amico, 59. “I feel — together with those who know me well — that my character … is a misrepresentation of myself and what our relationship was like.”





In particular, D’Amico points to a scene early in "American Crime Story‘s" second season where Versace’s killer, Andrew Cunanan, is depicted meeting him onstage in San Francisco after an earlier encounter at a club. (It’s not quite clear whether the series is endorsing this version of events, which appears to be told from Cunanan’s perspective.)

D’Amico tells PEOPLE the sequence “is pure fantasy as I was with Gianni — together with a number of other people, like the ladies from the San Francisco Opera council — for the entire time he was at the theatre and then we went back to our hotel together.”

“I remember it clearly because it was quite an event,” he continues. “That supposed meeting never took place. At least not on that day and in that setting. Just an aside, Gianni did not drink alcohol — everyone knew that — so even the champagne scene with Cunanan is fictitious.”





D’Amico also says that the series gets wrong a few things about his 15-year-plus relationship with Versace.

“Neither Gianni nor I were looking to get married or to have children,” he says. “All we wanted was to live our relationship in the open — as we did. We were more than happy to have the nieces and nephews that we had and were not seeking children of our own.”

http://ew.com/tv/2018/01/29/antonio-damico-slams-american-crime-story/