Screen Rant

  • HBO's Chernobyl tries to tell the disaster as accurately as possible. 1 / 6

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  • However, Emily Watson's Ulana Khomyuk wasn't based on any one person. 2 / 6

  • Instead, she was a composite of the many real scientists Valery Legasov worked with. 3 / 6

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  • She discovered the disaster from miles away and uncovered what really happened that night... 4 / 6

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  • All of which happened, just with multiple, different people. 5 / 6

  • The choice was made for dramatic reasons - and it doesn't hurt the show's realism too much. 6 / 6