Peter Sarsgaard has played real people in the past. The list includes journalist Chuck Lane in 2003’s Shattered Glass and Robert Kennedy in 2016’s Jackie. Despite this, Sarsgaard is always aware of the awkwardness of portraying non-fiction characters.
The actor is once again eschewing his comfort zone in Hulu’s limited series Dopesick, in which he plays former Ausa Rick Mountcastle. Just as the real Mountcastle did, his character spends years building a case against Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin, alongside his fellow Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Ramseyer (Castle Rock‘s John Hoogenakker).
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The actor is once again eschewing his comfort zone in Hulu’s limited series Dopesick, in which he plays former Ausa Rick Mountcastle. Just as the real Mountcastle did, his character spends years building a case against Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin, alongside his fellow Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Ramseyer (Castle Rock‘s John Hoogenakker).
More from TVLineDopesick Recap: Bridget Eviscerates Sackler,...
- 11/2/2021
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVLine.com
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