'Proven Innocent' Season 1: Riley Smith was mentored by wrongfully convicted Jason Strong, for the role of Levi Scott
As soon as Riley Smith bagged the role of Levi Scott, he listened to a podcast about Jason Strong and met him in Chicago to understand the lives of those who are wrongly convicted
Madeline Scott, played by Rachelle Lefevre, may have been very loosely based on one of the most famous cases of wrongful convictions in recent history, Amanda Knox, but it is Riley Smith's character, Levi Scott, who sheds a true reflection of what life actually is for those who are wrongly convicted and are then proven innocent. Cue, in a recent interview, Smith said; "As close as they are, and they both went through the same 10 years in prison, you see, kind of, two sides of their coin."
