Who is julie beckley in the movie alpha dog?

Question

in the movie alpha dog, amanda seyfriend plays a character named julie beckley. is that character based on a real person?? if so, who? or was it just put in the movie for the dramatic effect?

Answer 1

I don't know exactly what part of the film she appears in, but I think many of the young women in the film would represent the real-life young women that Nick met during his kidnapping.  He was held in different people's houses and his captors had social gatherings that he took part in.  All the character names are ficticious, so it's hard to tell if these girls are based in reality or just made up.

It is a fact that he shared his ordeal with several people who did nothing about it because he seemed confident that no harm would be done to him.  The film tries to focus on this the most--the sad fact that his ordeal had so many opportunities to be stopped before he was murdered.

I'm curious why you'd want to know this about this one specific character.