Dr. Death Creator On Joshua Jackson & The Moment He Knew He Was Perfect For The Role

Not an easy role to pull off — but Joshua Jackson did it. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Death was forced to push back production, causing its former lead, Jamie Dornan, to drop out. Luckily, it didn’t take long for creator Patrick Macmanus to realize that the Little Fires Everywhere star, 43, had exactly what it took to portray the hideous Dr. Christopher Duntsch.

“I knew he was a good actor. He’s been in our lives for 30 years. We grew up with Josh Jackson in many ways, but I knew that this was an extraordinarily difficult character. I think that Josh would confess that this was an extraordinarily difficult character,” Macmanus explained to Us Weekly exclusively. “There was one moment on set where he’s at a dinner with his parents when he’s [playing] a young man who’s 20 years old. He’s looking for the adulation of his father, the support of his father. And this is a 43-year-old man who was playing a 20-year-old.”

The producer went on to explain that the crew was in shock the moment they called cut on Jackson’s close-up.

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[b.biscuit]

Honestly this was an incredible series, I'm so glad you chose the cast that you did. This was amazing.

[groovytraveller]

I love this show! The casting was fantastic and everyone’s acting was just brilliant!

[BeingBetter]

I just finished watching all of this series. All the acting was great, loved Josh Jackson's acting.

[estefanianunez]

Looking forward to watch it!! One of the most versatile actors ever!!! Muero por ver ese lado oscuro!!

[CloisForever]

Such a good show. Joshua is a great actor.

[wlodzimierzsokolowski]

Were you interviewing Mr. Christian Slater a good doctor, some other Mr. Joshua Jackson, about the show who played DOCTOR DEATH, Dr. Dunstch. Mr. Joshua Jackson during few interview was lamenting: “how it could have happen?” Since Mr. Jackson is also a Canadian he should get acquainted with my story of an immigrant physician, who practiced anesthesiology in Canada for close to thirty years, killed a patient with an injection of a tampered drug in 1975, then were treated as a silent and hidden murderer for the next twenty five years, meantime few patients were murdered on my account, however the last was one, who was to fix me for good, was tortured and murdered by a wrong doctor and I a whistle-blower were wasted as a professional for good, never charged for proliferating false information or fabricating evidence which in Canada is a serious criminal offense.
Get me your e-mail to send you my submissions, if interested.
With respect, Wlodzimierz (Vladimir) Sokolowski MD