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Meet the actor who turned down 'Derek Shepherd' on “Grey's Anatomy”

Conoce al actor que rechazó ser ‘Derek Shepherd’ en “Grey’s Anatomy”

Justin Chambers, Patrick Dempsey, James Pickens Jr, and Eric Dane.

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Even though Patrick Dempsey said goodbye to his character in Grey’s Anatomy in the year 2015 currently fans of the series of doctors remember him fondly and for many it is impossible to imagine him in another role. However Demsey was not the first choice to give life to “Derek Shepherd” because when the series was just taking shape he was offered the role to Rob Lowe .

In an interview that gave Variety a few days ago Lowe admitted that has no regrets to reject the role in Grey’s Anatomy then if there were accepted would not have worked in Parks and Recreation . “This is what longevity, experience and recovery teach you,” Lowe said. “There are no accidents, whatever decision you make, if you do it from the right place it is never wrong.”

When the series of doctors began to prepare Lowe had then 40 years and he already had a good amount of movies and series in his portfolio, however when the The role came into his hands, he did not feel he could contribute much to the character. “I am very fortunate to have both lists; comedy and drama, which is good. It’s okay not to be pigeonholed “.

After losing his chance, Lowe did some productions for the small and big screen, it was until 1200 that landed the role of “Chris Treager” in Parks and Recreation until its final season in the 2015. He currently has a podcast where he interviews media personalities and participates in the series 9-1-1: Lone Star.

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