Katherine Heigl is either a genius or an idiot, or perhaps a little bit of both. Either way, it's hard to see what she's angling for here.
Her direct slap at Grey's Anatomy writers by withdrawing her name from Emmy Award consideration due to the "insufficient material" given her character has renewed speculation that the blonde bombshell wants off the ABC medical drama STAT.
She's under contract for two more seasons of Grey's Anatomy, though, and most likely can't make her departure happen because she feels like it.
Unless Heigl burns so many bridges and becomes such a liability that the show's writers decide to eliminate her from the series of their own volition.
Amazingly, Heigl makes about $200,000 per episode of Grey's Anatomy, an absurd amount of money by any measure. The potential to make even more money through movie roles is certainly there, but it's also more fleeting.
One can't help but wonder why Katherine Heigl would be so quick to turn her back (publicly no less) on Grey's Anatomy, the show that made her a household name.
Admittedly, it's been a rough stretch for Katherine Heigl and her character, Izzie Stevens, on Grey's Anatomy. The writers' strike did not help matters.
Even before that, though, the writers may simply be running out of news things for Izzie to do. Once she got together with George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) and that didn't work out, her character seemed to be drifting a bit.
Which brings us to an issue that such a large, ensemble cast is bound to run into once a show stretches into its fourth season ... and beyond.
With so many characters and so many interpersonal relationships, the show runs the risk of running out of plausible and entertaining plot lines.
That, in turn, causes frustration among its audience, but perhaps even more among the actors themselves. The day may come Grey's Anatomy will feel the need to write in new characters and write out old characters.
What do you think? Would the Grey's Anatomy cast be better or worse without Katherine Heigl - and what should be done with her character?
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June 18th, 2008 8:04 AM
Katherine Heigl My name is Paul Birch Im 40 years old
my question for you is why would you leave the best medcail show.My orpinion is it would be a huge mistake.Katherine Heigl I realy think your extremly
tatled actress.Mrs Heigl Im a huge fan of yours since the show first started. I personaly dont want you to leave the show.That"s how much this fan loves you.Paul Birch
June 18th, 2008 8:12 AM
I think she's just an ungrateful, spoiled actress. If it wasn't for Grey's, she'd be nothing. True, she has made a few movies, but were any of them really blockbusters??? Personally, I couldn't care less if she left.............good riddance!
June 18th, 2008 9:12 AM
Why don't we wait what she will say about all these things. I think what she meant when she said that she doesn't deserve to be nominated because her role on this last season was not as heavy as before is true and I think the writers took it the wrong way....maybe the media exaggerated the whole situation. I'm sure she is aware that the writer have to adjust her role to accomodate her movie schedule and maybe that is the reason why she said that she doesn't deserve to be nominated because of what they agreed to do. This is not the first time that she said something and was misunderstood. She is just being honest about her role in thsi season is not worth giving an award for.
June 18th, 2008 9:22 AM
I wish you people would STOP jumping down her throat! it annoys me. she has a REASON for doing this. and she's right greys isn't what it used to be. it's become boring lately so give the poor girl a break. jeez.
June 18th, 2008 9:42 AM
it's a show... she's an actress... get over yourselves... although it's my fav show... but what ever... she's a grown up she can handle it... she don't our two cents!!!
June 18th, 2008 9:58 AM
It's totally fine with me if she won't be in the show anymore, but maybe to other people it won't. But I think she should stay in the show...without Izzie their won't be cupcakes and no one to cook for Meredith. lol
June 18th, 2008 10:27 AM
I think she should stay, but I think it's incredibly rude to do what she did. So she didn't get great material, her best storyline died with Denny, and personally, I'd like to see them bring that around next season. It's the actress/actor that makes the part, not the material.
But, I don't think she really got over Denny, I think George was the "hero" who was there through it all, and that "relationship" was nothing more than overcoming her grief. I think there's a bigger role for Izzie next season, and I hope Katherine doesn't blow it because she thinks she's ready to move on.
June 18th, 2008 11:33 AM
At this point I think Katherine needs to thinks long and hard about this. She also needs to choose her battles carefully. It would not be pleasant if this gets out of hand a legal battle with ABC is not what she wants.
June 18th, 2008 11:58 AM
I say put her in a coma for the rest of her contract. Let the others visit her room like they use to do to really old guy. I think that would be a huge wake up call for her.
June 18th, 2008 12:51 PM
I wouldnt mind seeing her gone! She must really love doing crappy movies ("knock up" is by far the most gross movie ever made and saying F**k in every sentence does not make it any better i expected more from her in that movie but she sucked!) instead of being on the best TV show ever..Seriously the show isnt called HEIGL ANATOMY is it ? Get off your high horse