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  2. Sep 12, 2023 · The director and author behind Netflix's crime drama on how the movie starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans fictionalized the story of an opioid scandal.

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  3. Oct 27, 2023 · The film will undoubtedly leave viewers with a lot of questions—and rightfully so, because its based on a true story. Here’s a Pain Hustlers' explainer to help separate fact from...

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  4. Oct 30, 2023 · Is 'Pain Hustlers' based on a true story? As seen in the film's closing seconds, there was a real-life Fentanyl-based drug similar to the one depicted in the film.

  5. Oct 31, 2023 · Yes. A fentanyl-based drug company did face consequences in real life for peddling through "speaker programs." The film was inspired by a 2018 New York Times Magazine article that writer Evan...

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  6. Oct 27, 2023 · Is Pain Hustlers based on a true story? Yes, but only loosely. The heavily dramatized Netflix movie was inspired by the Insys Therapeutics scandal, which revolved around the company's pain relief spray for cancer that included fentanyl as its highly addictive core ingredient.

  7. Emily Blunt and Chris Evans star in Pain Hustlers, a new drama based on a true story.

  8. So, is Pain Hustlers based on a true story, is Lonafen a real drug and is Blunt's character Liza Drake a real person? Read on for everything you need to know.