Jesse Williams shares the motivation behind his decision to leave Grey's Anatomy after 12 years
dailymail.co.ukJesse Williams stunned many of the loyal Grey's Anatomy fans last year when it was announced he would be leaving the longtime hit medical drama.It turns out, after playing Dr.
Jackson Avery over the course of 12 seasons, Williams had increasingly felt 'safe, protected and insulated' on the show, and that a change was needed in order to move forward creatively and professionally.'I knew that as I designed my exit, the next thing I did had to be terrifying,' the Chicago native, 41, explained during an interview with The New York Times. 'I needed to get out of my comfort zone, I needed to go into a very unknown place.' His motivation: 10 months after his final episode of Grey's Anatomy aired, Jesse Williams revealed he left the hit medical drama in search of more challenging rolesThat new challenge, in his post-Grey's Anatomy life, took him to the Broadway stage to play a baseball player who comes out of the closet, and the backlash that ensues,in a revival of Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out.It started giving preview performances on March 9 at the Helen Hayes Theater, as reported by Playbill.
The production was initially scheduled to open in April 2020 but those plans were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Williams will also play the very same role of baseball player Darren Lemmingfor a television adaptation of the Tony Award-winning baseball drama, opposite Patrick.
J. Adams and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, according to Deadline. New Roles: Williams' new challenge, in his post-Grey's Anatomy life, has him playing a baseball player who comes out of the closet, in a revival of Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out on Broadway, and in a TV adaption of the Tony Award-winner Williams, 41, made his debut on Grey's Anatomy with a.
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