Eddie Redmayne has entertained film-goers in many guises over the course of his stellar acting career. He won an Oscar for his portrayal of physicist Professor Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything and delighted millions with his charming performances as Newt Scamander in the Fantastic Beasts series. He’s been transgender pioneer Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl and Marius Pontmercy in the musical Les Misérables.
Now, though, the 40-year-old Eton-educated British actor is back in possibly his least sympathetic role to date: that of a notorious US serial killer…
In March 2006, Charles Cullen was given 11 life sentences in New Jersey. The following week at another sentencing hearing, this time for his murders in Pennsylvania, he was given seven more life sentences.
He is currently in New Jersey State Prison serving his 18 consecutive life sentences. Now aged 62, he is not eligible for parole until 2388.
His heinous killing career was shocking. And now, through The Good Nurse and his portrayal in film by a star actor, Cullen’s chilling deeds are set to remain in the public consciousness even longer…