Welsh actor Gerran Howell: Brits shocked by US healthcare system shown in The Pittpublished at 23:46 BST
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Gerran Howell speaking to the BBC at an Emmys pre-party
Welsh actor Gerran Howell, who does a convincing American accent as Dr Dennis Whitaker on the buzzy medical drama The Pitt, says members of the medical community have been the show’s biggest fans.
“It’s taken off,” Howell told the BBC at a pre-Emmys party. “It’s become a real word-of-mouth thing. It’s amazing.”
And, he added, he’s grateful it has recently become available to audiences back home in the UK.
Howell says the The Pitt’s reputation for showing the realities of an American emergency department in action have fascinated British audiences and healthcare workers.
“I think the medical communities are very different,” he says. “I’d like to think of it as maybe a bit of a cautionary tale for our system, however different it is from the American system.”
He adds that he knows many Americans are envious of Britain’s free national healthcare.
“A lot British people are very shocked seeing the American healthcare system,” he says. “But you know, we’ve got our faults too.”