Charles Cullen and Amy Loughren were close friends and nurses together. Then, she found out he murdered 29 patients

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “He would have seen my daughters and spoken to them.” open image in gallery Eddie Redmayne as Charles Cullen and Jessica Chastain as Amy Loughren in the Netflix dramatization ‘The Good Nurse' In The Good Nurse, the dramatized versions of Cullen and Loughren do see each other outside of work, a creative decision Loughren endorses: “The way that and wrote that into the film makes so much sense, because they set up a way for people to understand just how close we were.” When nurses work together the way she and Cullen did, they get to know each other on an exceptionally deep level, Loughren notes. I needed him to understand that I still really had that close feeling with him.” The two had a “long conversation” before Loughren started confronting Cullen about his crimes. And I had to find space within myself to allow myself to still love someone who was still very, very flawed.” open image in gallery Eddie Redmayne and Amy Loughren speak onstage during the SCAD Savannah Film Festival on 23 October 2022 in Savannah, Georgia After Loughren’s lunch with Cullen, investigators arrested him. I was finally processing that he had done monstrous things, and I needed to be the one to make sure that he never got out.” Loughren claims the “huge investigation” that had already happened into Cullen’s crimes by that time would have already been enough to prosecute him.