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'Grey's Anatomy' Melissa George checks Out; "It was my choice"
Topic Started: Jan 12 2009, 06:25 PM (763 Views)
Rick
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'Grey's Anatomy' exclusive: Melissa George checks out
Jan 12, 2009, 04:12 PM | by Michael Ausiello

As I taught you long ago, the Golden Globes aren't so much a showcase for award-worthy talent and polarizing fashion as they are a hotbed for exclusive prattle. To wit, shortly after Sunday's kudosfest ended, Melissa George presented me with a doozy of a scoop: She's leaving Grey's Anatomy, STAT.

"It was my choice," the actress-slash-Golden Globe nominee (for In Treatment) confirmed to me at HBO's red-hot after-party, held poolside at the Beverly Hilton. "My last day of work is Tuesday."

But lest you think this is yet another in a long line of rocky Grey's exits (see also: Isaiah Washington, Brooke Smith, possibly T.R. Knight), George, who joined the ABC soap last November as Mer's maybe-gay BFF, is leaving on the best of terms.

"I love the show so much," she gushes. "I've made some beautiful friends. I love T.R. Knight. I love Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers… I adore Ellen Pompeo. I think she's a strong, incredible woman. And Katherine Heigl is the most beautiful creature on Earth."

Then, um, why leave? George says she simply wants to "do something else." Already? Well, a Grey's insider does suggest that the parting of the ways was more mutual than simply the actress' choice. "Melissa's arc came to a natural end. Everyone at the show adores her. We're genuinely sad to see her go."

George's initial deal called for her to appear in roughly 8-11 episodes with an option to become a series regular, like Kevin McKidd. But her Sadie had a much more rocky introduction than the Iraq doc, what with the self-mutilation and ambiguous sexuality. The latter characteristic was especially ill-timed coming off of Hahn's controversial exit. "The character was cursed from Day One," sniffs an ABC source. "She was very difficult to root for."

George concedes that Sadie was unconventional, even by Grey's standards. But recent episodes had revealed a calmer, gentler side to her. "When you take out your insides and you're hitting on every guy and girl in the hospital… you have to pull back," her portrayer suggests. "She's a doctor. You have to be professional. For her, she had to stop doing that or else she would've been kicked out."

Is that a tease for Sadie's exit? George won't say, but she reveals that "it won't be a big send-off, but it's really cool what they do."

In other words, Sadie won't be banished to the parking lot with Hahn.
Edited by Rick, Jan 12 2009, 06:27 PM.
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Mason


I don't blame her. Sadie was a horrible character from Day One, and Grey's is a hot mess right now. Good riddance.
Edited by Mason, Jan 12 2009, 07:00 PM.
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Nubia
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Thank god. That character was DOA.
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Another show making it all up as they go along.

I understand that stories change in mid-stream and actors coming and going, as well as audience approval, all have a say in things. ANd I'm not saying it all has to follow a strict plan OR ELSE.

But wow - a little long range planning would be nice. DH seems to have it in spades - why don't Grey's and Brothers and Sisters?
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Jan 12 2009, 07:05 PM
But wow - a little long range planning would be nice. DH seems to have it in spades - why don't Grey's and Brothers and Sisters?
It's ironic too, because, at the beginning of the season, I was totally down on DH and loving GA/B&S. Now the situation has completely reversed.
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Mason
Jan 12 2009, 07:13 PM
brimike
Jan 12 2009, 07:05 PM
But wow - a little long range planning would be nice. DH seems to have it in spades - why don't Grey's and Brothers and Sisters?
It's ironic too, because, at the beginning of the season, I was totally down on DH and loving GA/B&S. Now the situation has completely reversed.
And DH clearly has to change things in mid-story - Gale Harold's accident is a prime example of that. Yet somehow, it doesn't seem as half-assed as GA and B&S
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Nubia
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I also think egos play a factor with GA. For example, I think the ladies of DH have greatly settled down, and all seem content with being and staying on the show (considering they are likey to add another two years onto their seven year contracts)....you don't hear diva antics and catfights, like with season one.

In contrasts, GA has a lot of network interference, characters and storylines are being changed and moved around to meet the demands of actor's and their agents.

Shonda needs to get control of her show; and if people want to leave because their aren't getting enough air-time, so be it.
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Miss Rhi
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Watched GA last week because CSI was a rerun and god was it awful especially the Sadie character, Jessica Capshaw's character Arizona was a nice change though.....
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Rick
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I actually did Like Arizona and would not mind her replacing Addison as head of Pediatrics
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I won't miss her..But Grey's need to chill on the revolving door of doctors coming onto the show..They should stick with the cast they have for a while..
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King
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Thank you, CHRIST.

Sadie is the worst character to grace this show EVER.
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Jan 12 2009, 09:24 PM
Thank you, CHRIST.

Sadie is the worst character to grace this show EVER.
I think that the chick from Battlestar Gallactica's character is worse..I hope we've seen the last of her as well..
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King
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Who's that?
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downwhtone
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^The doctor with Asperger's syndrome.
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downwhtone
Jan 13 2009, 10:53 AM
^The doctor with Asperger's syndrome.
I can't stand her either, but Sadie is much, MUCH worse. Thank God she's out!
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downwhtone
Jan 13 2009, 10:53 AM
^The doctor with Asperger's syndrome.
HATE that character.
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King
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She was on BG? Wow.

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