Danny Strong still remembers the frustration he felt while researching the opioid crisis that would lead to creation. Dopsic. Before Hulu wrote the limited series that Michael Keaton and Caitlin Dever would do, Strong was shocked to learn how the Sackler family, the founders and owners of Purdue Pharma, “caused so much destruction to so many people and fled from it.”
“It’s extremely outrageous and their crimes were so shocking, it made me angry,” Strong said at a deadline contestant TV event at the Paramount Theater. The 10-episode series, streaming in Hulu, plunged deep into Sacclar’s company, which triggered a massive drug epidemic.
“Ultimately, I just wanted to sue the Sackler family because they weren’t sued,” said Strong, who wrote and created the executive limited series, inspired by Beth’s New York Times bestselling book of the same name. Messi. “It simply came to our notice then. That was my main motivation. Oxycontin use has declined somewhat in the United States, but now they are using the same strategy internationally. So this show can be a warning to foreign countries … big pharma is coming to lie to you and get you addicted. “
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Keaton – who joined Strong and Dever on stage – said his work on the 1988 film Clean and sober Helped him prepare for the role of a country doctor who not only prescribes oxycodone but also becomes addicted himself. “It simply came to our notice then. I always run the risk of making uncomfortable noises, but I don’t really think much about what I do. I just show up. The writing was very good. The guy I play is, ironically, the perfect case. He has been deceived. He’s right in the middle of things. It makes perfect sense. “
The limited series was directed by Barry Levinson and also starred Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stulberg, Philip Sue and Jake McDorman.
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