‘Pain Hustlers’: David Yates Says Emily Blunt Was ‘Sick Of Seeing Leading Female Characters Who Had To Be Honourable’

David Tennant and Catherine Tate can be seen reunited as The Doctor and his sidekick in a new trailer for the 60th anniversary specials of Doctor Who. David, 52, originally starred as the 10th Doctor from 2005 until his final episode aired on New Year’s Day in 2010, with Catherine, 53, playing one of his companions, Donna Noble, in the beloved BBC series.The pair will return to their roles for three special episodes which will air this November to coincide with the celebrations marking six decades of the show. Moments before the first live show of Strictly Come Dancing 2023, viewers were given a glimpse of what to expect later this year when the Tardis lands.

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Stars like Emily Blunt and Chris Evans have carefully created the public persona of being kind and gracious people — through prior roles, interviews, and chat show appearances. Doubtless, it is not just good PR — they are genuinely lovely people.

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Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Early in his career, comedian Kumail Nanjiani did a bit about a new drug called “cheese,” which, if you break down the ingredients, turns out to be Tylenol PM mixed with heroin. “So really, it’s heroin,” he joked. “Heroin’s doing the heavy lifting.” That line was going through my mind as I watched “Pain Hustlers,” a garish and, yes, mostly painful Big Pharma satire from director David Yates, who (“The Legend of Tarzan” aside) spent the last 15 years making increasingly convoluted Harry Potter movies.

Netflix’s Pain Hustlers is a largely fictionalized tale of a very real world, and rather eye-opening, business: selling an easy fix for what ails us, even if it leads to addiction and death. Although the names have been changed, the characters invented although inspired for some by actual cases and people, the original source material is all too real. Based on a New York Times article of the same name by Evan Hughes and then developed as Hughes was turning his research into the book, “The Hard Sell: Crime And Punishment At An Opioid Start-Up”, screenwriter Wells Tower has fashioned a riveting, if disturbing scenario brought to life by director David Yates who was looking for a less fantastical tale to tell other than the Harry Potter movies he was directing. He found it, and also his way into what might be quite a shocking expose of just how far of a grift some in big pharma business and the medical community may go in order to make a buck at the expense of our own well being and health. It has its World Premiere tonight at the Toronto Film Festival.

Brent Lang Executive Editor With “Pain Hustlers,” David Yates was ready to exchange Hogwarts for strip-mall medical offices. It was time for the British director behind many of the Harry Potter films and the “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” series to leave magic behind for a grittier look at muggledom. “Having spent such a long time making films about wizards, I wanted to do a film in the real world and a social-issue driven, but one that wasn’t too earnest and serious,” Yates says a week before the Netflix release debuts at this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

Emily Blunt enjoyed a day out at the tennis with her husband John Krasinkski and their two children, Hazel, nine, and Violet, six. The family were seen out on Friday, 8 September, at Arthur Ashe Stadium watching the tennis at the US Open.The 40 year old actress was seen enjoying the match, even shouting out at various times. Letting her blonde locks down, Emily wore glasses and a floral-patterned top.Their children were papped sipping on their drinks, with Violet, who matched her mum as she wore a blue floral dress, climbed onto John’s lap for a cuddle.

Actor Chris Evans has married his girlfriend Alba Baptista in an intimate ceremony at his home in Cape Cod, USA, according to reports. The 42 year old is said to have tied the knot with his 26 year old beau over the weekend - however, privacy was paramount. Guests including Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth and Jeremy Renner are reported by Page Six to have been asked to sign an NDA and leave their mobile phones at home.

Emily Blunt and John Krasinski are enjoying a family outing!

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Emily Blunt is a desperate single mom who ends up in a wild criminal scheme in David Yates’ Pain Hustlers. Netflix today dropped the first trailer for the film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street.

The first trailer for Netflix’s “Pain Hustlers” is here.

McKinley Franklin editor Emily Blunt is at the center of a criminal conspiracy in the first official trailer for Netflix’s “Pain Hustlers,” which is set to debut on the streaming service Oct. 27 after premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. As a mother struggling to support her daughter, Liza Drake (portrayed by Blunt) seeks out a new stream of income in hopes of turning her life around.

The trailer for Pain Hustlers just dropped!

The opioid crisis is a real global tale of capitalism run amuck, and it’s been the basis for stories like Netflix’s recent “Painkiller” and Hulu’s Sackler-based series, “Dopesick.” The latest from this unending tale of greed, corruption, and rampant capitalism is “Pain Hustlers,” which comes from Netflix and stars an A-list cast of Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.