00:00Lo so che molte persone non pensano a noi lassù, sulle montagne.
00:07Molti dei miei pazienti sono minatori.
00:09È un mestiere pericoloso e portano il peso di costruire un paese sulle proprie spalle.
00:15Soffrono molto.
00:16Questa gente, la mia gente, si fidava di me.
00:21È incredibile quanti di loro siano morti.
00:30The end of Cirque is amazing.
00:33The first step is really incredible.
00:36And you two, your characters are the engine of the story.
00:40Because with your investigation, you link all the stories.
00:44Which was your first reaction when you read the script?
00:48And how were you involved in the series?
00:52I was really shocked that someone would offer me a part such a decent person.
01:00So that was my very first reaction.
01:03And I thought, like, wow, it's been a long time since I've played anyone that I would want to hang
01:07out with.
01:10So there was that.
01:12I've also always liked, you know, actually, when I did Shattered Glass,
01:16one of the things that I really liked about that role is it's this particular kind of acting
01:22where you are gathering information which leads you to another question that you try to answer with more information.
01:31And I really enjoyed doing it on that show.
01:36And so I relished the opportunity to, you know, I used to tell my wife, it's like, there's this scene.
01:42I don't remember what movie it's from with Steve McQueen where he, like, walks into a room
01:47and he picks up the phone and he hits the last number that was dialed and listens and he hangs
01:52it up.
01:52And then he feels the teapot and it's still warm.
01:56And then he thinks of something and he leaves.
01:58And you're like, oh, you just put something together.
02:00And we don't know what it is.
02:01We're going to find out what it is.
02:02And we're doing that all the time in this show, of course.
02:05And that is a, you know, as opposed to the type of acting where it's like your brother's just been
02:11shot
02:11or something like that, it's really gratifying, actually,
02:17and really fun to do with somebody else that I had such great chemistry with.
02:21You know, we're, like, doing this as a team together.
02:24The relationship is coming out through doing an activity together.
02:29This isn't just, like, a lot of scenes where we're going, like, I like you.
02:32I like you, too.
02:36So it was, you know, we have forward-moving action.
02:40That's very compelling, you know.
02:42I agree.
02:43I think reading the script, I was kind of blown away by it on a first read
02:47and really excited about the possibility of getting to be part of something that corrects the narrative around opioid addiction
02:57in this country.
02:58And, of course, so many incredible people were connected to it that I knew that it was,
03:03because it had the ability to really make a difference and to really matter in the national conversation.
03:10Of course, I've respected Peter for years, and to get to work on this with him, we had an absolute
03:16blast getting to work together.
03:17You play real living characters.
03:20I found Rick Mountcastle on LinkedIn.
03:24Did you meet them?
03:25Yeah, I actually, I met Randy over Zoom, and we had a chat for about an hour.
03:31He was a great guy.
03:31But I didn't, when we actually went to make this, I didn't try to recreate Randy-isms.
03:40Have you seen Rick Mountcastle?
03:43Any pictures of him?
03:44Yeah.
03:45The real guy?
03:45I mean, they clearly cast me because of the physical resemblance.
03:51So I didn't worry about it because of that, because I knew that that had taken, you know, that they
03:56just cast the guy who was the guy, you know.
04:00So, no, I didn't speak to him at all, because I just trusted their judgment.
04:03The DOP6 investigation ended with the agreement in 2007, if I remember well.
04:11But Purdue Pharma is on the news even in these days, because the opioid crisis is continuing.
04:23It's ongoing.
04:25And after that ruling back in the late 2000s, they went right after it again, Purdue Pharma did, and started
04:33to make even more money than they had been making before.
04:36So the story is not completely over.
04:40I think under the current settlement, the new company that will be formed, the profits from the sale of Oxycontin
04:48will actually go to help people who suffer from opioid addiction.
04:51But the Sacklers escape legal liability unless certain acts before Congress are passed to hold them accountable.
05:00So, yes, it is still going on, and there are still lots of Americans suffering from opioid addiction.
05:05I think it was 2020 overdose deaths.
05:09I've got it written down here.
05:1075% of the overdose deaths in the country last year were from opioids.
05:15So still very much a current problem facing the country.
05:2475% of the overdose deaths in the country last year were from opioids.
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