Mandy Moore and Edgar Ramirez on darker ‘Dr. Death’ surgeon in Season 2: ‘Chilling and frightening’
nypost.comPeacock.The eight-episode series, based on former NBC producer Betina Alexander’s (Moore) popular Wondery podcast, tracks her soured romantic relationship with renowned thoracic surgeon Dr.
Paolo Macchiarini (Ramirez), who developed a seemingly revolutionary trachea implant used around the world.The charming, suave, smooth-talking Macchiarini was eventually unmasked by Alexander (and others, in Sweden) as a narcissistic, gaslighting, scientific fraud whose tracheal surgeries killed at least three people, all of whom suffered while he gallivanted around the world leading a double (or triple) life — and promising Alexander the moon and the stars including their being married by his “good friend” … wait for it … Pope Francis.In 2023, he was sentenced by a Swedish court to two-and-a-half years in prison.The series co-stars Luke Kirby, Gustaf Hammarsten and Ashley Madekwe.Moore (“This Is Us”) and Ramirez (“The Assassination of Giannie Versace: American Crime Story”) spoke to The Post about “Dr.
Death” — and their roles in the searing drama of betrayal and evil.Was it difficult playing such a multifaceted character like Paolo?Ramirez: There was no real contradiction for me because he does not see himself as evil.
He was operating, no pun intended, from a positive standpoint. He was convinced everything he was doing was best for his patients, for science, for the greater good and for the people around him, especially Benita.
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