Bear in mind when followers thought Gray’s Anatomy was going to kill off Justin Chambers’ Alex Karev?
Effectively, the showrunner of the ABC drama has opened up about how finest to jot down out the character, and it seems to be like loss of life was not an possibility she actually considered.
“On the finish of the day, there have been three decisions,” Krista Vernoff instructed TVLine.
“Kill Alex off digital camera; have Alex be alive and in Seattle — and nonetheless married to Jo — and we simply by no means see him; or [reunite him] with Izzie.”
In the event you watch Gray’s Anatomy on-line, you recognize that the present reunited Alex with Izzie, a lot to the chagrin of many viewers, who thought it was a slap within the face to the followers who shipped Alex and Jo.
Killing Alex would have been “merciless to everybody — notably Meredith and Jo,” Vernoff continued.
“There was no approach to not put these characters by way of gut-wrenching, ongoing grief if we had killed Alex off digital camera,” she added.
“Some followers have been upset, notably the Jolex shippers, that [Alex left Jo to be with Izzie] — and I perceive why.”
“However I’d struggle actual onerous anybody who tried to inform me that followers wouldn’t have been equally or extra upset if I had killed Alex Karev off digital camera.”
Moreover, Vernoff anxious that preserving Alex in Seattle, however off-screen “would completely remove [the chance for her to play] so many colours that she is so good at taking part in.”
That is why there was not “even a debate within the writers’ room” about reuniting Alex with Izzie.
Chambers revealed his exit after 15 seasons in January, and that is additionally the time followers realized that they’d already watched his closing episode on-screen.
“There’s no good time to say goodbye to a present and character that’s outlined a lot of my life for the previous 15 years,” he stated in assertion to Deadline.
“For a while now, nonetheless, I’ve hoped to diversify my appearing roles and profession decisions. And, as I flip 50 and am blessed with my exceptional, supportive spouse and 5 great youngsters, now could be that point.”
With Gray’s Anatomy renewed for a 17th season, there’s hope that Alex may come again down the road, however on condition that Chambers left the present below the strangers of circumstances, it appears unlikely.
Now that we all know the three choices, which one do you suppose was finest?
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