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I'm Amanda Knox, and you're listening to Hard Knocks.

Welcome to Ask Amanda Anything, where you can just ask me things, just anything. You can ask it and I'll answer it.

Like you haven't been on the witness stand enough?

Apparently, I just have a weird kink for it now.

So if you're a subscriber, you get preference.

You get your upticked.

But also, if you have an interesting question, you also get upticked.

And in the meantime, Chris is here to relay your questions.

And of course, I will elaborate poke prod and play devil's advocate to draw out Amanda's best answers. He sounds so enthusiastic about that. Have I broken your spirit yet?

All right. Diving in. Our first question comes from Abby.

In the Hulu series, is any of the dialogue attributed to Giuliano Minini actually his?

Particularly interested in the voiceover elements of him telling his life story.

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