Evil embodied - Eddie's chilling performance

Jessica Chastain, Amy Loughren, and Tobias Lindholm praise Eddie and his performance,

and Eddie talks about his approach to the character.

"Well, I approach any character just to start by reading literally any source, then it was about

footage, it was about as much footage as I could get my hands on. The physical element

was important to me. Charlie did self-soothe a lot, that was you know touching himself,

touching his hair or clothes. He was described as looking like a question mark..."

“I had that feeling when I read the script of, ‘Can I play this person without the why?’ But then

I kind of thought on that and ultimately realized that the why and knowing the why is our need

as human beings to feel safe,” Redmayne told IndieWire in an interview earlier this fall.

“As in, if we answered why Charlie Cullen did this, then we would be able to other him and go,

‘Oh, he did it for this reason, and that’s monstrous and we would never do that, so we’re safe.’

Whereas actually, that’s not how the world works and that’s not what he did.”

“How this guy was ever allowed near vulnerable people is one of the shocking questions.

But it also meant that as an actor, I had all of that research there.”

Screening and reception on 21st November 2022 in LA

Eddie and director Tobias Lindholm attended an industry screening and

reception Monday night (November 21, 2022) in Los Angeles.

The moderator was Variety's awards editor Clayton Davis.

Source: @ByClaytonDavis on Twitter

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The Q&A moderated by Pete Hammond was held on Nov. 19th, 2022

at the Directors Guild. You can watch the conversation with

Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, and director Tobias Lindholm

on deadline.com here

"Eddie Redmayne representing The Good Nurse"

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Deadline Contenders Film Los Angeles is presented by Aero.

I watched the live stream. The pictures below are some of my screenshots.

“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,” - Jessica Chastain.

“The question we are interested in is why wasn’t [Cullen] stopped? What was it in the American 

hospital system that made this go on for years and allowed him to go above 400 victims

without being stopped? Why was it a single mom, with heart disease, and an ICU nurse,

that is responsible for stopping him? Why wasn’t the system able to?” - Tobias Lindholm

"Amy talked about her love for this man and how kind and gentle and self-deprecating and

the fact that he saves her life,” he said. “She met this other human being twice. She describes

how his eyes glazed over and he was a different human being. She describes it as dissociative.

That was a revelation for us because it meant that we could tell this story truthfully. It was

about a friendship, and I suppose in some ways a love story.” - Eddie Redmayne

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How The Good Nurse stars got in their characters' heads - featurette

In the new video Jessica Chastain (Amy Loughren) and Eddie Redmayne (Charlie Cullen)

share how they transformed into their characters and brought the true story to the screen.

"The thing about playing Charlie is that he's a sociopath and he conned the world.

The physical element was important to me in trying to get inside Charlie's head,

he would self-soothe a lot whether that was, you know, touching himself or

touching his hair or his clothes" - Eddie Redmayne on playing Charles Cullen

Director Tobías Lindholm: "What he's able to do physically

to transform I've never seen before.

Jessica Chastain: "It was his eyes has shifted and he had become

someone else, and literally the second it was cut, he was just like

back to being the wonderful person".

Behind The Scenes The Good Nurse

Alix West Lefler posted on Instagram: "Some BTS pics from The Good Nurse.

I hope everyone is liking the movie as much as I enjoyed making it ❤️"

Devyn.McDowell's nice post on Instagram: "Have you watched #TheGoodNurse yet?

While Eddie is absolutely chilling as Charlie Cullen, he was SUCH a joy to work with.

Seriously, the nicest guy on the PLANET. 🌎

One of my best memories was that we would both have our hair and makeup done around

the same time each day. This was during COVID so they had protective barriers between

the chairs but he would always look over and wave excitedly full of joy to see me. 👋🏼

It always made my day, and it was such an honor to work with him. 🥰

If you haven’t yet, make sure you watch his incredible performance on @netflix!

(Photo taken by the awesome @jojowhilden, and property of @netflixfilm)

Eddie on set with director Tobias Lindholm Source (via)

When they shot the hospital scenes they used special camera lenses and

soft lighting. The darkness helped the actors to focus on the characters

and emotions. It was not like a film set, it felt real.

Panavision posted on Instagram:

“We wanted a muddier black, we avoided the contemporary high-res

file, and just did what we could to make the image less clean.”

#Cinematographer Jody Lee Lipes, ASC (@jody_lee_lipes ) takes us

#behindthescenes of #TheGoodNurse. - Read the interview here

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“I love making those huge symphonic films,” he says of the Harry Potter prequel

franchise. “I love that company of actors — it’s old-school filmmaking of scale.

But because of the nature of them, retaining intimacy is hard.” By comparison,

the close-quarters experience of “The Good Nurse” allowed him to “mine scenes

for everything that they’re worth to try every possible alternative.” He smiles. 

“That was wonderful. It was delicious. It was what I was dreaming of.”

Read the wonderful new interview in LA Times here

‘Capturing The Killer Nurse’ the documentary about the real story

drops on Netflix on Friday. You can watch the teaser trailer here.

The Good Nurse promo in The Late Late Show with James Corden

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Eddie was a guest on The Late Late Show in October to promote his new film.

In the video above Eddie shares a tip for handling nerves, he learned from Amanda Seyfried -

jumping jacks! Or, the way more awesome British term for them: star jumps. Later he recaps a

crisis of confidence he experienced during the rehearsals for his West End revival of "Cabaret"

in which he starred and produced. Then Grace Van Patten and Eddie bond over their mutual

appreciation for the soothing effects of the UK's hit reality show, "Love Island." Finally,

Eddie gives James the run-down on his medical training for his role in the upcoming film,

"The Good Nurse." Surprisingly, it involves the popular Bee Gees song, "Stayin' Alive."

James takes advantage of yet another opportunity to embarrass his friend Eddie

with an absolutely horrendous outfit from an early-career modeling portrait.

To mark the release of Eddie's movie on Netflix he appeared on the show

one more time in a funny sketch with James.

Nice Boys Eddie & James Were Fired From Action Movies

Eddie Redmayne and James Corden recently sat down for an interview to set the record straight on

how their perpetual niceness got them booted from movies like Top Gun, John Wick, and Scarface.

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