LONDON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The true story of a male nurse who murdered as much as tons of of sufferers in U.S. hospitals by secretly administering drug overdoses is dropped at the display screen by an all-star group of filmmakers in “The Good Nurse”.
Primarily based on a e-book of the identical identify, “The Good Nurse” centres round ICU nurse Amy Loughren who in 2003 helped uncover the murders dedicated by her colleague and pal Charles Cullen.
Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain performs Loughren, a single mom and cardiomyopathy sufferer who pulls lengthy evening shifts in a New Jersey hospital with a purpose to qualify for medical insurance.
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Combating the workload, she is relieved when the seemingly extremely certified Cullen, performed by fellow Academy Award-winner Eddie Redmayne, is employed to work together with her. The 2 shortly type a bond and Cullen helps Loughren cowl up her sickness and look after her two younger daughters.
Following the sudden loss of life of two sufferers within the ICU detectives develop into suspicious of Cullen and his previous employment in different hospitals. To catch him, they want Loughren’s assist.
“It was very traumatic as a result of I am taking part in an actual particular person. I must honour what she did, her heroic acts however then I additionally want to ensure it is not sensationalised and fetishised for consumption. And so it felt like a giant accountability,” Chastain instructed Reuters on the film’s London Movie Pageant premiere on Monday.
Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne attend the premiere of ‘The Good Nurse’ throughout the BFI London Movie Pageant, in London, Britain, October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Toby Melville
“The Good Nurse” is directed by Tobias Lindholm, author of the Oscar-winning Danish movie “One other Spherical”, making his English-language characteristic debut.
Cullen, who confessed to killing as much as 40 sufferers, was sentenced to 11 life phrases. Investigators imagine the actual variety of sufferers he murdered may very well be as much as 400.
“Assembly the actual Amy Loughren, who talked about how this particular person was a detailed pal of hers, somebody she beloved, somebody she discovered humorous and empathetic, and that she solely ever met this assassin, this killer, twice and it was a distinct human being. That was a form of perception,” mentioned Redmayne of taking part in Cullen.
Loughren, who retired a 12 months and a half in the past, travelled to London for the movie’s premiere.
“It’s such a tough subject material that I actually struggled with being OK with being excited. And I did not need to sensationalise a serial killer,” she mentioned.
“I am so pleased with what Tobias did with this story, that I can rejoice his artwork. I can rejoice Eddie working so exhausting at his craft. I can rejoice who Jessica is and that she performed the me from 20 years in the past. It is great. I am honoured.”
“The Good Nurse” begins streaming on Netflix on Oct. 26.
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Reporting by Hanna Rantala; Modifying by Christopher Cushing
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