There are actual news stories going on outside Comic-Con, and here is one! EW's Michael Ausiello spoke to Grey's Anatomy castaway T.R. Knight to get the candid inside story on why he wanted to leave the show. Turns out, that decision to not give him hardly any screen time this past season? That was kinda it!
Still, due to what he calls a gradual "breakdown of communication" between himself and exec producer Shonda Rhimes, the actor chose not to ask his boss what was going on with his character. Instead, he simply asked to leave. "My five-year experience proved to me that I could not trust any answer that was given [about George]," he explains. "And with respect, I'm going to leave it at that." [...]
"There just comes a time when it's so clear that moving on is the best decision," he says. But at first, his castmate and friend [Katherine] Heigl tried to talk him out of it. "I didn't think it was the right decision," she says. "I felt like some of the problems could be worked through. But by the time it came to fruition, I was [glad] for him because he was ready to go."
Knight knows he's taking a risk walking away from his top 10 show and $14 million contract. "From an outsider's perspective, I get the [impression that] 'He's just a spoiled actor...he doesn't know how good he has it,'" he says. "There are a lot of people who would like to be in my position. But in the end, I need to be fulfilled in my work."
We all do. An immensely overweight Silk Spectre (in costume, natch) just walked past me as I blogged from the San Diego Convention Center. Fulfillment.
ยท This week's cover: 'Grey's Anatomy' star T.R. Knight reveals why he left the hit show [EW]