"Grey's Anatomy" Shocker: Sandra Oh Leaving After 10 Years — "I Am Ready To Let Cristina Go"
by Michael Ausiello
8/13/13


The doctor is out.

Sandra Oh has decided to leave "Grey’s Anatomy" when her contract expires at the end of the ABC hit’s upcoming 10th season, TVLine has confirmed.



In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, which first broke the news, Oh said:

“Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go. It’s such an interesting thing to play a character for so long and to actually get the sense that she wants to be let go as well. Cristina wants to be let go, and I am ready to let her go. We have to start the process, story-wise, for the Grey’s writers to think of why she’s going to go.”



Series creator Shonda Rhimes, meanwhile, tells the THR that Cristina will get “the exit she deserves.”

http://tvline.com/2013/08/13/greys-anatomy-sandra-oh-leaving-cristina-yang/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/08/15/sandra_oh_leaves_grey_s_anatomy_cristina_yang_her_character_changed_tv.html

As Willa Paskin explains, "On another TV show, Yang's combination of qualities—mercenary, scary, and extremely skilled—would have made her the lead character’s enemy, if not a whole litany of other clichés: the type-A Asian, the frigid ballbuster, the unlikeable shrew. Instead, Grey’s respected Cristina’s ambition and wit, laurelled her with humor, swag, and a sex drive, and made her the lead character’s best friend."
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle/10#9Ao5wxZwJlOyADmV.99