Jeffrey Dean Morgan tells Katherine Heigl he ‘can’t rewatch’ Denny’s ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ death scene: ‘Makes me cry’

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Katherine Heigl and Jeffrey Dean Morgan recently reunited virtually to celebrate 20 years of Shondaland and playing Izzie Stevens and Denny Duquette on “Grey’s Anatomy.”In the second season of the Shonda Rhimes-created hit medical drama, Izzie, a resident, begins a relationship with a patient, Denny, who later dies in a heartbreaking sequence.“I can’t rewatch it,” Morgan, 58, admitted of his character’s ending in the Season 2 finale, which aired in May 2006. “It makes me cry.

One, because it was so awesome, and two, it was f–king incredibly sad to watch.”He added, “I don’t see myself in there, which I take is a good sign, if I can watch myself acting and not see myself.

And I never did, working with Heigl and having Shonda’s words. That’s pretty special.”“I remember that scene when Denny died, how stressed out I was to perform that and just wanting to give it my absolute best and really try not to chew the scenery and try not to make it overly melodramatic, but to really hit that grief honestly,” Heigl, 46, recalled. “I put all this pressure on myself to do that well.

I was sitting alone a lot, listening to really sad music, thinking about my dead brother, which was fun.”“I didn’t have to do anything, obviously.