‘Claws’ & ‘The Good Wife’ Actress Carrie Preston Joins Peacock Crime Series ‘Dr. Death’

EXCLUSIVE: Claws and The Good Wife actress Carrie Preston has joined the cast of Peacock’s true-crime limited series Dr. Death, starring Joshua Jackson, Alec Baldwin and Christian Slater.

Preston will play defense attorney Robbie McClung to Jackson’s character Dr. Duntsch.

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Written by Patrick Macmanus, who serves as showrunner, Dr. Death is based on the terrifying true story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, a rising star in the Dallas medical community. Young, charismatic and ostensibly brilliant, Dr. Duntsch was building a flourishing neurosurgery practice when everything suddenly changed. Patients entered his operating room for complex but routine spinal surgeries and left permanently maimed or dead.

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The UCP and Escape Artists-produced limited series, which is currently in production, is based on the hit Wondery podcast of the same name.

Primetime Emmy-winner Preston, who will also direct an upcoming episode of The Good Fight, is represented by Innovative Artists and Principal Entertainment LA.

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