“Unveiling the Secrets: What The Good Doctor Reveals About the Realities of Medicine and Humanity”
During an interview with Shine On Media, Gonzalez spoke of the meaning behind this character’s tattoo, saying, ‘I don’t want to just give some quick little thing to satisfy people.”
18 Episode Seasons Was Freddie Highmore’s Idea
One of Highmore’s brilliant ideas was to make each season of The Good Doctor 18 episodes instead of a standard 22-24. This is because he didn’t want the writers to push for quantity instead of quality.
During an interview with Adweek, Highmore said, “It’s the idea of making the show as good as it can possibly be… You’d never want to just be doing more for the sake of it, and so it seems like a wise idea to start with that and see how things go.”
A Famous Actor’s Company Produces The Series
The Good Doctor is produced by the company 3AD. And the founder of the company is none other than Daniel Dae Kim of Lost, Hawaii Five-0, and Angel fame. Kim first founded 3AD back in 2013 after signing a deal with CBS Television Studios.
Now, he’s one of the executive producers on the hit ABC series and even played a huge part in the South Korean series become an American adaptation, buying the rights to the production for 3AD.
Freddie Highmore Didn’t Want To Commit To Another Show
When Freddie Highmore was offered the role of Dr. Murphy in The Good Doctor, he was fresh off another hit series, Bates Motel. He knew how much time and effort went into a series of that caliber and wasn’t entirely sure if he wanted to make the commitment.
