Speaking his truth. Jesse Lee Soffer revealed why he left Chicago P.D. six months after he announced his departure in August 2022 — and teased if he’ll be back.“I’ve thought so hard about how to answer this question — and there’s no good answer,” Soffer, 38, told Variety in an interview published on Wednesday, February 22, about why he left. “Except I was ready for more.
Eventually, you know the character so well, there’s not much that can shift or transform.”He explained: “I really wanted to grow and expand, and we’ve only got this one trip.
If I signed up again, it would have been for another three years. I would have turned 40 on the show. I thought, ‘You know what?
It’s time to take a risk.’”The New York native began playing Detective Jay Halstead in 2014 when the NBC drama first premiered.
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