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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