New book details why Patrick Dempsey was killed off 'Grey's Anatomy.'
Dempsey had started throwing "diva-like fits," according to a chapter from the book titled "How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy."Mitch Haddad / Disney via Getty Images"Grey's Anatomy" fans may now get more answers around why the beloved Dr."McDreamy" had such an abrupt exit from the long-running hit ABC show.
"There were HR issues. It wasn’t sexual in any way. He sort of was terrorizing the set," said James D. Parriott, an executive producer who was brought back"to serve as a veritable Dempsey whisperer," Rice writes. Rhimes wrote the pivotal 11th season episode, which aired in 2015. She said at the time that the decision to have the character die"was not a difficult one.”
"She just didn’t like that Patrick would complain that 'I’m here too late' or 'I’ve been here too long' when she had twice as many scenes in the episode as he did," Renshaw said. "Nobody wanted him to leave, because he was the show. Him and Ellen. Patrick is a sweetheart. It messes you up, this business," Renshaw said.Tina Majorino, who played the quirky intern Heather Brooks, called Dempsey"charismatic." Brooke Smith who played Dr. Erica Hahn, remembered a time in which he defended her when she was written off the show.“And the way everything was unfolding in a very organic way, it was like, okay! This was obviously the right time.
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