This Actor Turned Down The Role Of Playing Dr. Shepherd On Grey’s Anatomy
He said when they started calling Patrick Demsey, “McDreamy” he knew the job was not for him. Who could have turned down this huge role you may ask? The neurosurgeon…
LOS ANGELES, CA – JANUARY 28: (L-R) Actors Justin Chambers, Patrick Dempsey, James Pickens Jr, and Eric Dane pose in the press room with their Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series award for “Grey’s Anatomy” during the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on January 28, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
(Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)He said when they started calling Patrick Demsey, "McDreamy" he knew the job was not for him.
Who could have turned down this huge role you may ask? The neurosurgeon would have been Rob Lowe!
He wrote about turning down the job in his 2014 memoir, but it recently came back up when he was on the podcast, WTF with Marc Maron. He said it probably cost him $70 million dollars but that it was "just money."
Even though he would have benefitted from doing the show, he says he has no regrets turning down the role.
