Emilia Clarke’s 2019 film Above Suspicion tells the real life story of a romance turned crime, but how do the actors compare to the actual people?
The 2019 film Above Suspicion portrays the real-life relationship-turned-crime of FBI agent Mark Putnam and Susan Smith, but how does the Hollywood cast compare to the real suspects, victims, and bystanders on the case? Above Suspicion explores the affair between an FBI agent and his informant that ultimately leads to the latter's murder. The film is based on a non-fiction book by Joe Sharkey of the same name and the real-life crime.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Emilia Clarke as Susan Smith In Above Suspicion, Emilia Clarke played the major movie role of Susan Smith. Susan Smith was born Susan Daniels in West Virginia in 1961. She was the fifth of nine children. Her family struggled financially and because of this, Susan could only stay in school until the seventh grade.
Johnny Knoxville as Cash In the Above Suspicion movie Johnny Knoxville played Cash. Cash is a character that is supposed to represent Susan's real-life husband, Kenneth Smith. During the 70s, Kenneth Smith was a drug dealer involved in methamphetamine, PCP, and cocaine. When he married Susan in the late 1970s, he was 22 and Susan was 15. Despite being arrested in 1979, Kenneth and Susan remained together, though their marriage was fraught. The pair both struggled with drug abuse.
Karl Glusman as Joe B Karl Glusman plays Joe B in Above Suspicion. Joe B, otherwise known as Joseph Beauregard Reevis, represents Carl Edward "Cat Eyes" Lockhart. In real life and the film, "Cat Eyes" is the thief that brings Mark Putnam to Kentucky and puts him in contact with Susan Smith. "Cat Eyes" had committed several bank robberies around the Pikeville area and was a close friend of Kenneth Smith.
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