Chad Michael Murray Opens Up About Scott Patterson’s Exit From ‘Sullivan’s Crossing’

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Chad Michael Murray is weighing successful connected nan departure of his Sullivan’s Crossing co-star Scott Patterson, who near nan Canadian romanticist play bid up of its caller Season 4 premiere connected CTV.

“It does happen. And location are various, different things that transpire,” he told Yahoo! Canada of nan departure. “You conscionable ne'er know. And truthful it’s 1 of those situations wherever you go, ‘OK, well, conscionable look astatine nan show, what is nan show? Where does it sit? And really do you clasp it up and support it existent to itself? And that’s each connected nan matter and nan storytelling.'”

The Freakier Friday prima continued, “There’s nary mobility successful my mind that we did that. The show stays wholly existent to itself, and Sully [played by Patterson] is still a large portion of it … He still exists successful this world, and there’s still that relationship. And he built nan Crossing, truthful it’s ever going to beryllium there, and that’s benignant of nan instauration that nan show is built on.”

Earlier this month, Deadline exclusively collapsed nan news that nan Gilmore Girls alum left nan namesake bid connected his terms owed to “untenable” imaginative differences. Patterson said he felt compelled to opportunity his portion aft executive producer/showrunner Roma Roth’s comments implied nan bid moved connected from Sully owed to a crippled decision.

“The fans deserved amended than to deliberation nan embodiment of this character, me, would conscionable disrespect not only nan show, but them. In nan end, we’re each fans of these characters and stories, and I’ll ever support and take sides nan truth,” Patterson said successful his statement.

Season 3 of nan show ended pinch Sully departing for Ireland to support his caller girlfriend, Helen Culver (Kate Vernon), whose caller was being adapted for TV there. The move was framed arsenic a impermanent relocation.

“Season 3 of Sullivan’s Crossing ended pinch Sully leaving for Ireland, opening a caller section successful his life. Season 4 picks up nan adjacent day, pinch Sully still overseas,” Roth said. “While he isn’t physically coming successful this season, nan characteristic remains an important portion of nan world pinch nan imaginable to beryllium included successful early seasons should that align pinch nan ongoing creative.”

Season 4 of nan series, which will debut successful nan U.S. connected The CW April 20 and subsequently move to Netflix, positions nan caller installment arsenic a Murray-Morgan Kohan two-hander. Per nan logline, Maggie Sullivan’s (Kohan) life astatine nan Crossing is yet taking style arsenic she decides connected a caller guidance for her profession and a renewed committedness to Cal (Murray). That is, until Maggie’s ex-husband, Liam (Marcus Rosner), arrives pinch a shocking revelation that erstwhile much upends Maggie’s life and leads Cal to mobility whether Maggie will ever genuinely beryllium capable to time off her past behind.

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