Aramide Tinubu In Apple TV+’s “Presumed Innocent,” Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Chicago’s chief deputy prosecutor, Rusty Sabich.
Based on Scott Turow’s 1987 novel of the same name, the show finds Rusty on trial for the gruesome murder of his colleague and lover, Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve).
David E. Kelley’s eight-part miniseries offers an entirely new and updated perspective, differentiating it from the 1990 film adaptation, which starred Harrison Ford.
Many core elements remain the same, but this version isn’t riddled with the exhausting sexism that weighed down the film. Instead, the female characters, including Carolyn; Rusty’s wife, Barbara (an entrancing Ruth Negga); and his lead investigator, Det.
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