

“We were filming the episode and he was pitching me ideas on how he could stay.” Another ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ actor attempted to keep his character alive “I probably wouldn’t have blown up Kyle Chandler ,” Rhimes told the Hollywood Reporter in 2013 when asked to name a character she would like to have kept on the show. “I wasn’t surprised his career really took off after that because he was so natural.” “I remember thinking Kyle Chandler was amazing,” she noted, according to Entertainment Weekly. Pompeo spotted Chandler’s talent immediately. The part also opened the door to landing the starring role in NBC’s drama Friday Night Lights, where Chandler brought home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in the show’s final season. Unfortunately, he took one for the team when he carried out the bomb but didn’t make it out alive.Ĭhandler’s stint on Grey’s Anatomy earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Prime Time Series. Coaching Meredith through the heart-racing process of keeping calm with her hands inside a body that happened to house an explosive device, Dylan had fans routing for his safety as well as that of the medical staff. In season two, Chandler’s portrayal of the tough yet caring bomb squad leader won viewers over. With several main characters being killed off the show during its 17-season run, the medical drama clearly doesn’t play favorites. Grey’s Anatomy viewers have come to realize that no one inssafe at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Sandra Oh, Isaiah Washington, and Kyle Chandler of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ | Peter “Hopper” Stone/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Kyle Chandler got an Emmy nod for his role on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
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She must hold the explosive device in place inside the patient’s body until bomb squad leader Dylan Young (Kyle Chandler) can figure out how to diffuse it.Īs Grey’s loyalists know, Dylan didn’t make it out of the OR in time thanks to the bomb detonating, though Chandler tried to convince show creator Shonda Rhimes to come up with an alternative ending. Originally aired in 2006 after Super Bowl XL, episodes “It’s the End of the World” and “As We Know It” feature Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) trying to (ever so carefully) remove a bomb from a man’s torso. This week, Grey’s Anatomy is delighting fans with a vintage two-part episode on May 13.
