Five Days at Memorial Season 1 Update: Sheri Fink’s book 2013 ‘Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital’ is the inspiration for the upcoming miniseries ‘Five Days at Memorial. This medical drama is directed by John Ridley and Carlton Cuse. The plot of the series revolves around a New Orleans Hospital and how it faces the difficulties caused by the landfall of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Right after the book’s release, Scott Rudin acquired the right to adapt it into a film with Eli Bush and Scott Rudin Productions as producers. The filming of the series started on May 25, 2021, and concluded on November 10 of the same year. Filming took place in Toronto and New Orleans.
The cast members of the series include Vera Farmiga, Adepero Oduye, Cornelius Smith Jr., Julie Ann Emery, Cherry Jones, Molly Hager, Michael Gaston, Joe Carroll, etc. The series will release on August 12, 2022, on Apple TV+.
The cast members of the series have been seen in a number of series and films before which are as follows:
Five Days at Memorial Season 1- Vera Farmiga:
As Dr. Anna Pou America actress Vera Ann Farmiga will be seen playing in the series. In 1997 she played Catlin in the fantasy adventure series ‘Roar’. From 2001 to 2002 she starred in the American procedural drama series ‘UC: Undercover as Alex Cross.
In 2004 she played the role of Detective Susan Branca in the crime series ‘Touching Evil’ that is adapted from the same named British series by Paul Abbott. As Norma Louise Bates she was cast in the American psycho horror series ‘Bates Motel’ in which she also served as producer for some episodes. In the Disney+ miniseries ‘Hawkeye’ she played Eleanor Bishop in 2021.
The films in which Farmiga was cast include ‘Autumn in New York’, ‘Down to the Bone’, ‘Mind the Gap’, ‘The Manchurian Candidate’, ‘Running Scared’, ‘Breaking and Entering’, ‘The Departed’, ‘Never Forever, ‘In Transit’, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, ‘The Vintner’s Luck’, ‘Henry’s Crime’, ‘Higher Ground’, ‘Source Code’, ‘Goats’, ‘The Conjuring’, ‘The Conjuring 2’, ‘Captive State’, ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters, ‘Annabelle Comes Home’, ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, ‘The Many Saints of Newark’, etc.
Five Days at Memorial Season 1- Adepero Oduye:
In the role of Karen Wynn in the series American actress cum director Adepero Oduye stars. In the 2019 miniseries ‘When They See Us’ she played the role of Nomsa Brath. As Sarah Wilson in 2021, she starred in the Disney+ miniseries ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier which is adapted from Marvel Comics.
In 2012 she was cast as Annelle Dupuy Desoto in the television film ‘Steel Magnolias’ for which she was nominated for a Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also starred in Dee Rees’ 2011 movie ‘Pariah’ in the role of Alike for which rule she received four nominations.
In 2013 Oduye was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award under the category of Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for the role of Eliza in the biographical movie ’12 Years a Slave’.
For playing Kathy Tao in the 2015 biographical comedy movie ‘The Big Short’ she also received a nomination for the Gold Derby Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Other films in which she starred are ‘Outliving Emily’, ‘Geostorm’, ‘The Dinner’, ‘Galveston’, ‘Widows’, ‘And Tazmanian Devil’.
Cornelius Smith Jr.:
As Dr. Bryant King American actor Cornelius Smith Jr. stars in the series. Smith is recognized for his role as Marcus Walker in ABC’s political thriller series ‘Scandal’ and as Frankie Hubbard in the soap opera of ABC ‘All My Children’.
He also starred in films such as ‘Anatomy of Deception’, ‘Whitney’, ‘Seberg’, ‘Love, Take Two’ and series including ‘All My Children’, ‘Criminal Minds, ‘Major Crimes’, ‘Forever’, ‘Scandal’, ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’, ‘How to Get Away with Murder, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’, ‘Madam C. J. Walker, ‘God Friended Me’ etc.
Julie Ann Emery:
American actress Julie Ann Emery is cast in the series as Diane Robichaux. From 2003 to 2004 she starred in the regular role of FBI Agent Jennifer Sampson in the American crime drama series ‘Line of Fire’. As Sarah Featherstone, she played in the supernatural adventure series ‘Preacher’ from 2017 to 2019.
In 2019 she also played the role of Marion Scheisskopf in the satirical dark comedy miniseries Catch-22′ adapted from the same named novel by Joseph Heller. Other series in which she starred include ‘Taken’, ‘Ghost Whisperer, ‘Bones’, ‘October Road’, ‘Army Wives,
‘The Riches’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Cupid’, ‘Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, ‘Suits’, ‘Damages’, ‘NCIS’, ‘Unforgettable’, ‘Fargo’, ‘Better Call Saul’, ‘Masters of Sex’, ‘The Following’, ‘Major Crimes’, ‘NCIS: New Orleans’, ‘Bosch’ etc. He was also cast in the films Hitch’, ‘Pictures of Hollis Woods’, ‘House’, ‘The History of Future Folk’, ‘Movie 43’, ‘Gifted’, ‘And Teenage Badass’.
Source: Google
