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Money can't buy love or bring any form of happiness, apparently. It's a lesson well learned and one of the main themes in the biting and unsettling crime drama Trust, the short-lived FX thriller that ran for one season in 2018. The series is loosely based upon one of the most infamous kidnappings in American history, when John Paul Getty III, heir to billionaire J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped in Rome and held for ransom. Donald Sutherland stars in the series as J. Paul Getty, and a young Harris Dickinson plays his grandson, Paul Getty. Hilary Swank co-starred in the series as Paul's mother, Gail Getty.

Denzel Washington’s portrayal of John Creasy in Man on Fire showcases his action movie skills and emotional depth. The character Creasy is not based on a real person, but is inspired by real-life high-profile kidnappings. The story of Man on Fire is adapted from a novel by A. J. Quinnell, featuring the character in multiple adaptations.

John Creasy (Denzel Washington), the protagonist of Tony Scott's Man on Fire, is not based on a real person. Washington and Scott have a long history of collaborating on movies together. They've spent time on a nuclear submarine in Crimson Tide, averted a train derailment in Unstoppable, and in Man on Fire, rescued an innocent girl from the clutches of a villainous cabal. In Man on Fire, Creasy is a washed-up former Sad/Sog officer whose frivolous bodyguard job for Lupita (Dakota Fanning) turns into an action-packed conspiracy after she's kidnapped.

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John Paul Getty III, grandson of the richest man in America, was abducted and tortured for ransom money, with his family reportedly debating whether to pay. The abduction left Getty permanently traumatized, leading to a downward spiral of addiction and ultimately a debilitating stroke. The film "All the Money in the World" portrays the impact of the abduction on Getty's family and received critical praise for its depiction of the events.

The 2017 biopic All the Money in the World shone a light on one of the most infamous abduction cases in history, and what happened to John Paul Getty III is worth taking a look at. The movie focuses on J. Paul Getty, one of the richest men in America, and how the abduction of his grandson, John Paul Getty III, opened his family to scrutiny from the media. The grandson suffered physical and emotional trauma while his family argued about paying the heavy ransom.

The family that once held the largest private fortune in America has suffered yet another bizarre and tragic misfortune with the death of Andrew Rork Getty, 47, who was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday. The grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty was discovered "halfway in the bathroom in the hallway," L.A. coroner Ed Winter tells People. "He was partially clothed and it looked like he was trying to get to the bathroom." Winter says Andrew had told his assistant he was feeling ill several days earlier, and believes the cause of death was "probably gastrointestinal bleeding inside.

The family that once held the largest private fortune in America has suffered yet another bizarre and tragic misfortune with the death of Andrew Rork Getty, 47, who was found dead at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday. The grandson of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty was discovered "halfway in the bathroom in the hallway," L.A. coroner Ed Winter tells People. "He was partially clothed and it looked like he was trying to get to the bathroom." Winter says Andrew had told his assistant he was feeling ill several days earlier, and believes the cause of death was "probably gastrointestinal bleeding inside.

John Paul Getty III's recent death brings to a close a tragic chapter in the wealthy family's decades-long drama of strife and eccentricity. Anthony Haden-Guest reports on their woe.

The death on February 5 of John Paul Getty III at Wormsley, his estate in the English county of Buckinghamshire, where he had long been watched over by his mother, Gail, and a round-the-clock team of caregivers, writes finis to a story as terrible as it is gripping. It is in its essentials a tale of the family lives of the hugely rich so we might as well begin at a peculiarly high or low point which is with his kidnapping at the age of 16 by a gang of mobsters at 3 a.m. on July 10, 1973 on Rome's Piazza Farnese.

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Two days later Gail Getty received a ransom demand for $17 million.