There's a funnier version of this movie on a hard drive somewhere, but it wouldn't make the same point.
David Yates, the filmmaker behind Netflix's upcoming drama Pain Hustlers, told ComicBook.com that one of the film's challenges was to decide between the real elements of the profoundly corrupt pharmaceutical industry to keep, and where to supplement with something fictional. The movie, which takes a Thank You For Smoking approach to the opioid epidemic, stars Chris Evans and Emily Blunt in it lead roles, heading up a compelling cast of beloved character actors.
In Pain Hustlers, after losing her job, a blue-collar woman struggling to raise her daughter takes a job at a failing pharmaceutical start-up, only to get involved in a dangerous racketeering scheme. The film also stars Andy Garcia, Catherine O'Hara, Brian d'Arcy James, Chloe Coleman, and Jay Duplass.
"It was a process of script development, really," Yates said."Through the entire drafting of each version of the script we would occasionally go too far with some moments. Even in the editing process as well, there was a version of the film...where the humor was quite broad, and Mark and I, who were editing, added a few too many broad takes from, say, Andy Garcia or Chris, and what we would do is when we would sit and watch the movie, it tilted the movie too far into a comedy.
He used the example of Dr. Lydell, whom he described as"a monster," but said that Brian d'Arcy James made the character relatable in spite of the terrible things he does.Liza Drake is a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job and is at the end of her rope. A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme.
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