Patrick Dempsey, terrifying on the set of “Grey’s Anatomy”? This is what a book by Lynette Rice reveals. And that’s what would explain his departure from the cult series of Shonda Rhimes.
How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy is a work by Lynette Rice and it reveals behind the scenes of the cult series of Shonda Rhimes, Grey’s Anatomy. Among the many revelations that are there, there is about the actor Patrick Dempsey who played Doctor Mamour. Some excerpts from the book have been revealed by The Hollywood Reporter and those concerning the ex-star of Grey’s Anatomy and they are not very glorious. Former executive producer of the medical series, James D. Parriott, tells the book’s author that Patrick Dempsey terrified everyone on the film crew. “There were some HR issues. It was absolutely not of a sexual nature. In fact, he terrorized the set. He traumatized several actors in the show in different ways. He had this stranglehold on the set where he knew. that he could stop filming whenever he wanted and thus scare people. The channel and the production studio also went to the set and we had meetings with them “, can we read in the Hollywood Reporter.
All this without counting the tensions between Shonda Rhimes and Patrick Dempsey. “He leaves or it is me who leaves”, said Shonda Rhimes on the TV channel as the agreement on the set of Grey’s Anatomy was becoming toxic. According to James D. Parriott, it was towards the end of his contract that Patrick Dempsey became more and more irritating towards his colleagues. “I think he was just done with the show. He couldn’t stand coming every morning to work, it had become an inconvenience for him.”, he explains. “He and Shonda couldn’t stand each other anymore and were at loggerheads.”
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Between Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo too, the relationship was complicated. “Some days Ellen was frustrated and upset with Patrick. The fact that he didn’t work as much made her very angry. She likes things to be fair. And she didn’t appreciate Patrick complaining that there was a lot left. too late or too long on the set when she had twice as many scenes in the episode as him, “says producer Jeannine Renshaw in the book How to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Grey’s Anatomy.
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However, if Patrick Dempsey left after many conflicts with his colleagues and the production, he agreed to make an appearance in season 17 of Grey’s Anatomy. The actor once again portrayed Dereck in the cult series and played the role of Ellen Pompeo, who plays Meredith. An unexpected reunion for the fans and that we hope will be much more peaceful behind the scenes than in the past.