Ahead of the ‘Dopesick’ finale (out now) Will Poulter shares how he landed the part of Billy and the most shocking details he learned about Big Pharma.
, Rosario Dawson, and Peter Sarsgaard, gives a birds’ eye view on the entire opioid crisis—telling stories from the perspectives of the opioid addicts, their families, the Sacklers, Purdue executives, the FDA, and the government officials who attempted to take down big pharma.
Below, Poulter discusses the shocking details he unearthed through researching the role of Billy, and why he’s focused on projects that tackle social injustices.During lockdown, I was slightly twiddling my thumbs. Then I had a meeting with the producer Warren Littlefield, who pitched me this show calledwith a view for me to meet with Danny Strong, the writer and showrunner. I knew Danny’s work fromof course.
Tell me about the research you did for this role. Were you able to speak to any former Purdue salespeople who worked on OxyContin? In the training program, salespeople were literally encouraged to, based on psychological profiles they were given on each of their doctors, bribe, coerce, and emotionally manipulate doctors into prescribing this entirely dangerous drug.
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