I would compare my ‘Frankenstein’ to Cronenberg’s remake of ‘The Fly.’ The monster in the original Fifties version of ‘The Fly’ was a crude, anatomical combination of man and insect, whereas Cronenberg’s version exploited knowledge of DNA to depict him as a transgenic chimera. Jed Mercurio Read Quote
In ‘Bodies,’ we had a lot of gore because it was a medical drama. The gore was authentic. Jed Mercurio Read Quote
Cardiac Arrest’ was the first British drama to use a lot of medical jargon. ‘ER’ began the following year and was the first American drama to do that. Jed Mercurio Read Quote
With ‘Cardiac Arrest,’ I wanted to show that there were times when doctors really didn’t care. Jed Mercurio Read Quote
British drama can compete with America creatively. But the two systems are very different. Jed Mercurio Read Quote
There’s something very frightening about the vulnerability of mothers and babies. Jed Mercurio Read Quote
Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ is a novel that constitutes a milestone of English literature. Jed Mercurio Read Quote
It doesn’t excite me as a writer to write some swearing or sex scenes, because they don’t have any emotional content. Jed Mercurio Read Quote
There are some writers who don’t write about people who do jobs. I’m not going to name them, but you watch one of their films, or you read one of their books, and you think, ‘What job do they do?’ They seem to have a nice house and a nice income. How have they got it? Jed Mercurio Read Quote
