Alright, I know that a lot of fans are probably incredibly surprised by this development, but that’s only because Justin Chambers is so entrenched in our brains as Alex Karev.
My guess, actually, is that this is exactly why Chambers would have jumped at a chance to play such a different role, and to tackle the challenge of playing not just a real person but one who continues to be very much a legend.
His exit from the show may have been very sudden for us, but it did come after he was in the Grey’s Anatomy cast for a whopping 15 years and 350 episodes as one of the leads of the series.