Pain Hustlers True Story: 10 Biggest Changes From The Real Pharma Scandal

Although Pain Hustlers is based on a true story, the new Emily Blunt and Chris Evans drama made several major changes to the opioid crisis tale. Directed by David Yates of Harry Potter fame, Pain Hustlers follows Liza, a down-on-her-luck single mother that gets pulled into a sleazy racketeering conspiracy that threatens to uproot her entire life. The film was inspired by a 2018 New York Times article by Evan Hughes called “The Pain Hustlers” that was later developed into a book entitled “The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Start-Up.”