Termed among the most awaited series of the year, The Crowded Room will be released on OTT giant Apple TV+ on June 9, 2023. Ever since The Crowded Room's trailer was released, fans went into a frenzy after watching their beloved Hollywood actor Tom Holland who is globally known for his portrayal of Spider-Man in the Marvel Universe. Apart from Tom Holland, The Crowded Room has a star cast including- Amanda Seyfried, Emmy Rossum, Sasha Lane, Will Chase and more. To be precise, The Crowded Room is a darker psychological drama written by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman. The story revolves around Tom Holland who plays the character of Danny Sullivan. Amanda Seyfried as interrogator Rya Goodwin, Yitzak (Lior Raz). The Crowded Room is a true story based on Daniel Keyes’ biography The Minds of Billy Milligan and Tom Holland's character is loosely based on the infamous real-life criminal Billy Milligan. With The Crowded Room true story on Apple TV+, there are a plethora of questions you have got in your mind related to the 10-episodes series and mostly about 'real-life' Danny Sullivan i.e. Billy Milligan? To know the answer continue reading-
The Crowded Room True Story
As mentioned above, The Crowded Room is inspired by the true story of Billy Milligan who committed several felonies including armed robbery, three rapes on the campus of Ohio State University, and more. Although the makers have made sure that not all the event stick to the facts and gave a fictional name to every character, The Crowded Room still looks impeccable in its trailer. Daniel Keyes’ biography The Minds of Billy Milligan told the true story of a man named Billy Milligan, who was diagnosed with multiple personality disorder, now known as dissociative identity disorder.
Now, the question arises who was Billy Milligan and why his case deserved a series on Apple TV+?
Well, there are multiple docuemtaries on Billy Milligan that are already available on streaming platforms. However, Apple TV+ series adds a new dimension to the series with an impeccable starcast especially Tom Holland just like Netflix struck a home run by recreating Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Jeffrey Dahmer's documentary was already available on Netflix, however, the OTT giant still ahead with it in a series form and it became one of the most successful crime thriller of the OTT giant. Keeping aside the Netflix vs Apple TV+ debate, below is all about Billy Milligan-
Billy Milligan was the first person in the history of the United States to be found not guilty by reason of insanity because of dissociative identity disorder. William Stanley Milligan infamously known as 'The Campus Rapist', was an American who was the subject of a highly publicized court case in Ohio in the late 1970s. After having committed several felonies including armed robbery, Milligan was arrested for three rapes on the campus of Ohio State University. In the course of preparing his defense, psychologists diagnosed Milligan with dissociative identity disorder. His lawyers pleaded insanity, claiming that two of his alternate personalities committed the crimes without Milligan being aware of it. He was the first person diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder to raise such a defense, and the first acquitted of a major crime for this reason, instead spending a decade in psychiatric hospitals.
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