Krysty Wilson-Cairns, the screenwriter behind 'The Good Nurse,' breaks down her process of retelling the true serial killer story.
’s impeccably researched book about Cullen’s murder spree, which spanned 16 years. Amy Loughren, who worked with Cullen for just about six months, doesn’t emerge in the book until the final third.and no one even knew she existed,” she explains. “My mom is also a working-class single mom. I know that these women are not often thought of as the heroes. But Amy is the catalyst. She had the courage to do something. She didn’t bury her head in the sand even though everything was at risk for her.
That also intensified the gut-wrenching confession scene in the film’s final act, in which Amy’s act of tenderness seems to break Cullen’s facade at last. It was a longer scene originally, but the team refined it through rehearsals. “It became this moment where [you realize] the only way you can really defeat evil is with humanity,” says Wilson-Cairns. “Amy told me that’s what she did and how she got him to confess. She remembered that he was human, he was her friend.
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