Kathy Scruggs, reporter portrayed in 'Richard Jewell,' was 'dedicated …

CLOSE Olivia Wilde said she heavily researched her role in “Richard Jewell,” emphasizing Kathy Scruggs’ “dynamic, multidimensional, nuanced personality.”

Kathy Scruggs (Photo: courtesy of Tony Kiss)It was the early 1980s when Scruggs arrived in Anderson to be an education reporter.

Decades later, how Scruggs is portrayed as a journalist is at the center of controversy that surrounds the film “Richard Jewell.”

Richard Jewell was under FBI scrutiny for about three months before he was cleared.

Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates and Paul Walter Hauser star in “Richard Jewell.”