RadioTimes.com<\/a>. \u201cNot only is her book amazing, but then behind that were just mountains of other resources and research.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cShe had an encyclopedia of photographs which she provided to our production design team so we could really authentically recreate what it looked like in the hospital and build the hospital set with a very high degree of fidelity.<\/span><\/p>\nHe added: \u201cI remember Sheri came down to the set to visit and I think she was kind of stunned when she was walking around \u2013 she had been one of the first people in the hospital after the waters receded and the place was still in a state of complete disarray.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cAnd I think it was kind of a shock to her to see how accurately we had recreated, at least for her, what that experience was like.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nBut even if Cuse was determined to keep things as accurate as possible from a visual point of view \u2013 and to truly get across the panic that the hospital\u2019s inhabitants must have felt \u2013 he\u2019s also keen to stress that the series is \u201can adaptation and a dramatisation\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\nAnd so although most of the major events depicted in the series did happen as they are shown, the writers did have to use their imagination when it came to certain conversations and more minor plot points.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cJohn [Ridley, co-writer] and I were going for sort of an emotional truth,\u201d Cuse explained. \u201cWe wanted to convey the emotional truths of what these characters were experiencing. But I think a feeling of authenticity and really trying to hew to the facts as much as we could within our adaptation is something that was very important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Vera Farmiga in Five Days at Memorial.<\/span><\/figcaption> Apple<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n Two of the most important characters in the series are Dr Anna Pou and Susan Mulderick, played respectively by Vera Farmiga and Cherry Jones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nPou was a doctor at the Memorial Medical Center who continued caring for patients even as the flooding became catastrophic, but instead of being regarded as a hero after the worst was over, she found herself arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder.<\/span><\/p>\nThe reason for the arrest was that several patients had died in her care before the effects of the hurricane had subsided, perhaps relating to some of the snap-shot decisions that had to be made in the chaos of the incident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nThe charges were eventually dropped after a grand jury refused to indict her, and Farmiga said she very quickly became an advocate for her character when reading up on the real Dr Pou.<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThis is a woman who was a very skillful surgeon who didn\u2019t have to be there, but chose to show up,\u201d Farmiga told RadioTimes.com<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cShe could have evacuated, she wasn\u2019t slated to work, but she showed up because she wanted to be there and she wanted to help people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cAnd for me, it was really just about getting into her headspace, to embody all of that \u2013 the striving, the fear, the perseverance, the determination, the will to keep patients comfortable and to alleviate suffering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
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