View Full Version : "Grey's Anatomy" mulls bumping off Katherine Heigl


Mr. Television
07-11-2008, 10:16 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/eonline/20080711/en_tv_eo/613589df42c4_4210_90ea_ef12a6f44923

Gone, Heigl, Gone? Marc Malkin
Fri Jul 11, 9:43 AM ET



Los Angeles (E! Online) - Is Katherine Heigl dead to the producers of Grey's Anatomy?

Maybe.

Latest buzz hissing from the set of the ABC hit is that creator Shonda Rhimes may be entertaining the idea of killing off Heigl's Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens because of the now infamous remarks Heigl made about the upcoming Emmys.

Lest you forget, Heigl took herself out of the running for this year's Emmy race because she felt the writers failed to give her enough good material to work with last season.

"It's not good there," a source tells me of the Grey's Anatomy set. "Shonda is pissed. They're thinking of killing her off. They want Izzie dead."

While a dead Izzie may never happen, it would be an ironic twist, because industry insiders have long speculated that Heigl wants to ditch the show.

Going public with her Emmy complaint only increased speculation that she wants out of her contract to focus on her red-hot film career. Heigl may have picked up an Emmy last year, but since then she's become a box-office golden girl with flicks like Knocked Up and 27 Dresses.

A rep for Rhimes said, "I haven't heard anything about that." Reps for Heigl and ABC declined to comment.

So now it's your turn: Do you think it's time for Izzie to go to the great emergency room in the sky? Does Heigl have what it takes to leave television behind for the movies? Leave your comments below.

Ireneparalegal
07-11-2008, 10:18 PM
This show is turning more and more into a black show. :crazy: *inside joke*

catlover79
07-12-2008, 12:29 AM
I don't blame them. I'm tired of hearing about her all the time - and I've never even watched one second of this show!!

Kristen
07-12-2008, 12:36 AM
I guess I don't blame the producers for wanting to let Katherine go (it may be exactly what she wants, anyway). I just think killing Izzie off seems like an awfully extreme step. I mean, when Isaiah Washington left, they at least kept Burke alive. I always would rather imagine the character's life continuing elsewhere, rather than them just being dead.

Just my 2 cents. :)

- Kristen

PrettyinPink55
07-12-2008, 12:38 AM
When is there trouble not brewing on the set? :lol:
Honestly, I love Grey's, but the behind-the-scenes drama can make for it's own show! :lol:

I think they're going to end up killing off Izzie or at least getting rid of her...

Pavan
07-12-2008, 01:17 AM
This could be just gossip of them "killing her off." The media really blew this out of proportion. Chandra Wilson said it the best at TCA.

HuntingtonM15
07-12-2008, 03:56 AM
I don't blame them. I'm tired of hearing about her all the time - and I've never even watched one second of this show!!

I second that!

AB
07-12-2008, 03:06 PM
I guess I don't blame the producers for wanting to let Katherine go (it may be exactly what she wants, anyway). I just think killing Izzie off seems like an awfully extreme step. I mean, when Isaiah Washington left, they at least kept Burke alive. I always would rather imagine the character's life continuing elsewhere, rather than them just being dead.

Just my 2 cents. :)

- Kristen


Totally agree! I like Izzie and would hate to see her get killed off.

TJL
07-12-2008, 03:30 PM
It must be a load of laughs on that set.

;)

Mr. Television
07-12-2008, 03:34 PM
They should make a TV show of the making of this TV show. :lol:

samanddiane4eva
07-15-2008, 12:41 AM
Hmm. If this is true, she really is getting what she wants. She wants out of a successful show so she can focus on movies...

Why do I have the feeling her and Shelley Long are going to become close friends??