The Staircase Cast Guide: What Every Real Life Person Looks Like

The HBO Max miniseries The Staircase is based on a true story, and The Staircase cast includes an all-star group of actors who look uncannily similar when compared to their characters’ real-life counterparts. The four-part series is a dramatic retelling of the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson and the emotional legal aftermath that followed. In one of the longest trials in the history of North Carolina, Kathleen’s husband, Michael Peterson, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for her murder.