Kal Penn and Abbie Cornish Lead Anna Nicole Smith Drama Out Oct 16
Kal Penn steps into the role of Dr Sandeep Kapoor, the former physician to Anna Nicole Smith, in Trust Me, I'm a Doctor. Abbie Cornish stars opposite him as Smith, the actress and model whose final days shape the story. The film is listed for release on Friday, October 16, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Writer and director Thane Economou adapted the film from Kapoor's own self-published memoir. That choice gives the drama a doctor's-eye view rather than a straight show-business biography. The credit and source material are detailed by The Hollywood Reporter.
The story chronicles the final days of Smith, as Variety reported when the project was first announced in 2024. It stays close to the physician at the centre of the events. The focus is on the medical and personal decisions behind the headlines.
Linda Hamilton joins the cast as attorney Ellyn Garofalo. The film is rated R and runs 1 hour 51 minutes, The Hollywood Reporter lists. It is short and made for adult cinema audiences.
Cinema chain Regal Movies has advertised the film as showing at Regal on October 16. The notice appeared in a Regal Movies video post in September. That points to a cinema outing in line with the listed release date.
Variety published a first look in July showing Cornish as Smith opposite Penn as her physician. The images offered the first public glimpse of the two leads in character. They arrived more than two years after the project first surfaced.
Penn told Variety that Cornish worked to avoid presenting Smith as a caricature. He spoke about her care in playing a woman much photographed and often simplified. The comments came in Variety alongside the first-look reveal.
The Hollywood Reporter published its review of the film on October 9. For viewers, that adds context ahead of opening week. Release listings and cinema notices now point to the same October date.
What makes this stand out is the vantage point. Most screen stories about Smith centre on fame. Here the lens sits with the doctor who treated her, and with the lawyer beside him.
