Dern will play Miami Herald reporter Julie K Brown in first scripted take on the Epstein story, based on Brown’s book Dern will play Miami Herald reporter Julie K Brown in first scripted take on the Epstein story, based on Brown’s book Laura Dern is taking on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, in a new limited series executive produced by Adam McKay based on journalist Julie K Brown ’s work busting open the story. Dern will play Brown, the Miami Herald investigative reporter on the late,