We chat with Painkiller producers Eric Newman and BarryMeier about the phenomenal cast of the new netflix series, shifting perspectives in the show, and Newman's collaboration with Zak Snyder on RebelMoon:
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Painkiller is a fictionalized retelling of the events that led to the opioid epidemic in America. The show depicts the origins of OxyContin's invention, the marketing scheme that got so many doctors prescribing it and so many patients addicted to it, and how one family started this chain of events.
The cast is phenomenal, but Uzo Aduba and Clark Gregg really stand out to me. What did they each bring to their performances that kind of brought it beyond what was first written on the page? Clark is as an old friend of mine, and a phenomenal actor and we knew that he would really embrace the part of playing Arthur Sackler. A guy who is sort of an anachronism and a shameless marketer. Which is why the epidemic happened because of the influence of Arthur. So no, we really, I think, lucked out with our cast.
About the failures of everyone who was around, public health officials, professional medical organizations, regulators, from stopping this tragedy from happening. And I think in the show, this scenario also plays out, because you keep wanting to say, "Wait a minute! This is crazy. Can't someone stop it from happening?" And the tragic, sad answer is that no one did it. Barry Meier: Yes, it was there in spades. Yes.
And then we had Barry always and we had Patrick Radden Keefe and we had Alex Gibney. All three of whom have made contributions to making people aware of the perils of OxyContin and opioid addiction. But the saddest thing is that it's touched so many people, and it's also the reason why it was so important that we do this and tell this story and make sure it reaches as many people as possible.
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