"The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox" star Grace Van Patten breaks down the "psychological nightmare" that led to Knox's "tragic" coerced confession

Van Patten tells PEOPLE she remembers worrying, "What would [Knox] think of me, this random actress portraying her in a very traumatic time of her life?"

The media fixture Amanda Knox — who was accused, convicted and exonerated of murdering her roommate Meredith Kercher while both women were studying abroad in Perugia, Italy, in fall 2007 — has lived through a litany of injustices.