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MERCY star/producer on infidelities and saving lives

by Jim on September 30, 2009

James Tupper and Taylor Schilling on MERCY

James Tupper and Taylor Schilling on MERCY

In creating the new medical drama “Mercy” for NBC, writer Liz Heldens recalled a story that she heard on the radio during breakfast that sparked her creative juices. “I was kind of struck by a series they were doing on NPR,” she said, “about returning veterans and their marriages and trying to keep a marriage together.” Suddenly, she had two of the main characters of the show – married couple Veronica (Taylor Schilling) and Mike (Diego Klattenhoff). “I was really struck by what a difficult position both of these characters were in being swept up in history and swept up in this war.”  CLICK HERE FOR MORE

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