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The Patient Creators Defend Casting Steve Carell As A Jewish Character
Television producers Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg explain their reasons for casting Steve Carell, a non-Jewish actor, to play a Jewish character on their new show The Patient. Fields and Weisberg have prior experience with people pretending to be other ethnicities, as they created the Emmy-winning drama The Americans, centered on a couple who were Russian spies. The Patient is a 10-episode limited seriesfor FX centered on therapist Alan Strauss (Carell), who is kidnapped by a serial killer named Sam Fortner (played by Domhnall Gleeson). Sam wishes for Strauss to cure him of his violent tendencies. Strauss is forced to keep his wits about him if he plans to escape alive.