Greater than a decade later, Eric Dane is reflecting on the behind-the-scenes downfall of Dr. McSteamy.
The Gray’s Anatomy alum stated he “didn’t go away a lot as I used to be let go” from the long-running Shondaland sequence, on which he performed Dr. Mark Sloan whereas “struggling” with habit.
Though he was sober for round 4 years earlier than becoming a member of the forged in 2006, Dane admitted on the Armchair Professional podcast that he was “fucked up longer than I used to be sober” throughout his time on the ABC medical drama, partially as a result of pressures of mounting fame.
“They didn’t let me go due to that, though it positively didn’t assist,” he defined. “I used to be beginning to turn out to be, as most of those actors who’ve spent vital time on a present, you begin to turn out to be very costly for the community. And the community is aware of that the present goes to do what it’s going to do no matter who they carry on it. So long as they’ve their Gray, they’re tremendous.
Dane continued, “I wasn’t the identical man that they had employed. So I had understood after I was let go. And Shonda [Rhimes] was actually nice. She protected us fiercely. She protected us publicly. She protected us privately. … However I used to be in all probability fired. It wasn’t ceremoniously like, ‘You’re fired,’ it was identical to, ‘You’re not coming again.’”
Eric Dane’s Gray’s Anatomy character Dr. Mark Sloan was killed off at starting of Season 9 after succumbing to accidents from a airplane crash within the earlier season finale. (Karen Neal/ABC/Courtesy Everett Assortment)
Launched in Season 2, Sloan was killed off at starting of Season 9 after succumbing to accidents from a airplane crash within the earlier season finale. Dane reprised the position together with a number of deceased characters in a season 17 episode in 2021 that noticed Meredith Gray (Ellen Pompeo) hallucinates her useless family members on a seashore whereas affected by COVID-19.
Earlier than exiting the present in 2012, Dane entered a therapy middle for an habit to pharmaceuticals, which he developed following a sports activities damage.
As followers await his imminent return to HBO‘s Euphoria for the delayed Season 3, Dane has been forged alongside Jensen Ackles and Jessica Camacho within the upcoming Amazon sequence Countdown.