Abigail Spencer Joins Josh Charles in Fox's ‘Doc Martin' Adaptation ‘Best Medicine'
The one-hour show, originally announced in May, is an American adaptation of the popular British series 'Doc Martin.' Production is slated to begin this summer in upstate New York. The official description of the series states:
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'The series centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin's blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson (Spencer), however tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.'
Louisa Glasson was played by Caroline Catz in the British series. The character appeared in all 10 seasons of the original series.
Spencer is known for her roles across a wide variety of shows like 'Suits,' 'Rectify,' 'Mad Men,' 'True Detective,' 'Timeless,' and 'Grey's Anatomy.' In film, she recently wrapped production on 'Clean Hands,' in which she will star opposite Zach Braff and Esther McGregor. Her other film credits include 'This Is Where I Leave You,' 'Oz the Great and Powerful,' and 'Cowboys & Aliens.'
She is repped by UTA, Untitled, and Hansen Jacobsen.
'Best Medicine' is executive produced by Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Rodney Ferrell, Liz Tuccillo, Mark Crowdy and Philippa Braithwaite. In the U.K., 'Doc Martin' was produced by Buffalo Pictures in association with Homerun Film Productions. The format, from All3Media International, was brought to the U.S. by Propagate Content. Fox Entertainment Studios will produce, with Fox Entertainment wholly owning the new series. The series is distributed worldwide by Fox Entertainment Global
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