Netflix The Good Nurse: The True Story Behind the Series
Released on September 11, 2022, Netflix The good nurse became popular with the audience in its first week itself.
The Eddie Redmayne and Jessica Chastain starrer has earned a spot on the OTT giant’s list of best English-language films, on The collider. Directed by Academy Award-nominated director Tobias Lindholm, the film scored over 68.31 million hours of viewing in the last week of October.
What is the plot of the Netflix movie?
The series is based on the 2013 novel of the same name by Charles Graeber, which follows the story of Charles Cullen (Eddie Redmayne), who turns out to be a serial killer. The series focuses on Amy Loughren (Jessica Chastain), who develops a close relationship with Cullen thanks to his compassionate and sincere facade.
The show begins after Charles Cullen joins Somerset Hospital in New Jersey, where he meets Amy, which is the beginning of the end for Cullen. With a long history of being fired from hospitals, his downfall begins when his colleague and close friend Amy begins to suspect his role behind the sudden spike in unexpected deaths.
The real story behind The good nurse
The real Amy Loughren worked with Charles Cullen at Somerset Hospital, which was renamed Parkfield Memorial Hospital for the film. Also in real life, Amy Loughren lived with her two daughters and suffered from cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that makes it difficult for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body.
Regarding the relationship depicted in the show, Amy revealed on her official website that she was close friends with Cullen, who was her confidant. She also shared that she adored him before discovering his true nature.
How does Amy find out about Charles Cullen’s crimes?
A slight digression occurs when it is depicted how Amy found out about Charles’ crimes. In the show, Amy defends Charles in front of detectives investigating the death of a 77-year-old woman who may have been Charles’ first victim in Parkfield.
In the book, Amy becomes suspicious when she discovers constant errors in Charles’s charts, his habit of observing other nurses’ patients; and the unusual combinations of drugs he ordered given that he worked in the intensive care unit.
Does he confess to his crime in the diner scene?
As for how the police found out about Charles Cullen, in the movie Amy helps the detectives by carrying a wire to record his confession. In the film, the serial killer’s nurse persistently thwarts Amy’s attempts to get him to confess. He is also shown to be going through emotional turmoil.
In real life, however, Cullen was actually much more calm and level-headed, the real Amy revealed in an interview with Newsweek. She shared events that compared to the diner scene depicted in the film, he was calmed down. Although Charles did not confess to his crimes in either the film or in reality, he did so with relative ease in real life compared to the uphill battle he is shown fighting in the reel version.
What is Charles Cullen’s sentence?
Charles Cullen is currently serving his 18 consecutive life sentences in a New Jersey state prison. As stated at the end of the film, he is not eligible for parole until 2403. Amy lives in Florida with her children and grandchildren and is now pursuing a career as a Reiki master and meditation instructor.
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