The emotions of the fans of Grey’s Anatomy have been put to the test throughout the series. Season 17 is no exception. During the 7th episode, Doctor Andrew DeLuca, former companion of Meredith Grey, to whom she had remained very close, dies after being stabbed during a chase by a sex trafficker. A tragic moment of which only the designer Shonda Rhimes has the secret. But when some actors left the show of their own volition and found common ground to leave the show as they should, he didn’t have that opportunity. Admittedly, Giacomo Gianniotti left Grey’s Anatomy as a hero, trying to stop an ugly character’s sneaky little game, but the actor apparently wasn’t too keen on quitting the show.
Giacomo Gianniotti did not hear the news by message, fortunately. It was during a very official meeting that he learned that his character no longer had a place in the script. A decision he did not expect but had no choice but to accept: “The showrunner called me into her office with producer Debbie Allen and they proceeded to explain to me how much viewers bonded with last season’s human trafficking story. That everyone wanted to see this storyline come back and have a conclusion. So they thought of a scenario to revive this story, a way to catch this human trafficker and show that we can fight against people like that. It was an opportunity for DeLuca to be brave and die a hero“, he confided to TV Line last March.
By playing the lovers of Meredith Grey, Giacomo Giannotti has won a beautiful friendship with Ellen Pompeo. The star of the program had also paid him a nice tribute on Instagram after his very last day of filming: “Well done Giacomo. You will be missed by everyone. Thank you for being there and for being so professional on set. Grey’s requires a lot of patience and needs to be present, no matter how monotonous it may be. You succeed. Now you can enjoy and develop all your talent! I’m very happy for your future… and remember the wine and pasta shared with me will always be part of it.“. Giacomo Gianniotti therefore left on good terms with the team and he is lucky on this point since it is not the case for everyone…