“To me the supervillain of the story isn’t the person committing the violence, it’s the organization that allows it to exist, turns a blind eye to it, and medicine for profit,” says Oscar winner Jessica Chastain, who plays real-life ICU nurse Amy Loughren in The Good Nurse.
The Netflix film in part holds the American hospital system accountable for the murder of 400-plus victims at the hands of serial killer nurse Charlie Cullen, played by fellow Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne.
Chastain, Redmayne and director Tobias Lindholm appeared to discuss the project at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles awards-season event. RELATED: The Contenders Film: Los Angeles – Deadline’s Full Coverage Lindholm shared Chastain’s viewpoint. “The question we are interested in is why wasn’t [Cullen] stopped?
he said. “What was it in the American hospital system that made this go on for years and allowed him to go above 400 victim’s without being stopped?
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