Moore also reveals her surprising personal takeaways from working on the true crime medical anthology.
Mandy Moorewas not looking to work again whenDr.
Deathseason 2 fell in her lap.
Mandy Moore as Benita in ‘Dr. Death’ season 2.Scott McDermott/PEACOCK via Getty
“The opportunity came into my world right before they started shooting.
Thishappened to be the second season of the medical true crime anthology.
Like the first season before it,Dr.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: This is your first major starring role sinceThis Is Usended.
Why was this project the perfect follow up to that?
MANDY MOORE:The opportunity came into my world right before they started shooting.
It’s probably not going to be the right thing.
So I was like, yeah, fun.
Limited series, New York, moving the whole family.
Let’s do it.
So it’s safe to say that you were looking for that sort of departure?
I was, and I didn’t know what it was until I read it.
It was hard to distill down, well, I would love to do something like this.
It was like, well, I don’t know.
I guess I’ll know when I see it?
And then I read these first couple of scripts and was like, this isfun.
Did you get to speak to the real Benita at all, or did you even want to?
I loved that that wasn’t even something that I needed to do.
So did you get to be like a journalist yourself go to a news station and start asking questions?
I got cast and two weeks later I was on set shooting.
So there wasn’t a ton of time, which probably was my saving grace.
How does this exist?
How could this person get away with this for years and years and years?
I mean, I don’t think it has to be scary.
I think ultimately you’re able to view it as empowering.
I think that is a very important takeaway of this series.
If it could happen to someone like Benita, it could probably happen to any of us.
And sure, her life definitely had to unravel before she was able to pick up the pieces again.
But we’re stronger sometimes than we give ourselves credit for.
What else did you personally take away from working onDr.
I still want to be engaged and connected and open and present to the world.
So I think that was my biggest takeaway.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
