Later on, there is an tough moment as the character goes through electroshock therapy; an expert came in to talk to help them depict it responsibly. “The way it’s been depicted in the past isn’t exactly accurate, so we wanted to make sure we weren’t sensationalising it,” Levy says. “Because it’s a standard thing now, but it’s a lot milder than, say, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and those visuals we’ve had. That was an education to me.”
Next to Normal star Caissie Levy: ‘The crying, the running, the screaming – it’s a lot but I’ve never been more satisfied’
