gale harold played denny duquette on grey's anatomy.
gale harold played denny duquette on grey's anatomy.
who plays denny duquette on grey's anatomy?
gale harold
izzie appears in the first episode of "grey's anatomy", meeting fellow interns meredith grey, cristina yang, alex karev, and george o'malley. she and george move in with meredith and become best friends. izzie's boyfriend, hockey player hank (jonathan scarfe), struggles to accept her new role as a surgeon, and the two break up. izzie is hurt when alex exposes her past as a lingerie model. however, the two later go on to begin a friendship and then a romance. alex experiences sexual dysfunction with izzie and cheats on her with nurse olivia harper (sarah utterback). when izzie finds out, she breaks up with him, though they briefly reunite following a bomb incident at the hospital. izzie reveals while treating a pregnant teenager that she had a daughter at the age of 16 and gave her up for adoption. izzie falls in love with cardiothoracic patient denny duquette (jeffrey dean morgan), and the two become engaged. when denny's condition deteriorates, izzie deliberately worsens his health further by cutting his lvad wire to move him up the donor register. although denny receives a new heart, he has a stroke hours later and dies. izzie is the sole beneficiary of denny's will, inheriting $8.7 million. she uses the money to open a free clinic at the hospital: the denny duquette memorial clinic.
izzie stevens
the season was primarily filmed in los angeles, california. fisher plaza, which is the headquarters building for the media company fisher communications and fisher's abc affiliated komo radio and television stations for seattle, is used for some exterior shots of seattle grace mercy west hospital, such as air ambulances landing on the komo television newscopter's helipad. this puts seattle grace conveniently close to the space needle, which is directly across the street from fisher plaza, the seattle monorail, and other local landmarks. however, the hospital used for most other exterior and many interior shots is not in seattle, are shot at the va sepulveda ambulatory care center in north hills, california. most scenes are primarily taped in los feliz, los angeles, at the prospect studios, and the set occupies two stages, including the hospital pieces, but some outside scenes are shot at the warren g. magnuson park in seattle. several props used are genuine medical supplies, including the mri machine. prior to being cast, sara ramirez was seen by abc executives, in her broadway performance of "spamalot", which garnered their attention. due to their admiration, the network offered ramirez a role on any abc television series, of her choice, which ultimately led in her choosing "grey's anatomy". ramirez further explained that at her initial audition, the producers liked her, and had intentions to add her to the show, but did not know who to cast her as. she also said she was in awe of how the executives said, "pick a show, any show", a statement she deemed rare. ramirez's character was given recurring status in the second season, having been conceived as a love interest for george o'malley. at torres' initial appearance on the show, she was disliked by fans, due to her getting in the way of o'malley and grey's relationship. when asked of this, ramirez said: "you do run across a lot of people who are extremely invested in that story line. obviously, i've heard some negative stuff." discussing izzie stevens' relationship with alex karev, katherine heigl described her character as naive enough to believe she can save him, assessing that: "even when alex was a complete dirtbag to her, she forgave him and gave him another chance. and he really screwed her over." writer stacy mckee described izzie's moving on from alex to patient denny duquette as "karma", as alex previously treated izzie badly, yet as he begins to realize his true feelings, he is forced to watch her embark on a romance with denny, regarded by her as "undeniably handsome and totally charming". series writer blythe robe commented on izzie and denny: "i love the way izzie lights up when she’s around him. i love their relationship because it's so pure and honest and completely game free." writer elizabeth klaviter noted at this time the way izzie "seems to be sacrificing her reputation because of her feelings for denny." when izzie deliberately worsened denny's condition to move him up the transplant list, series writer mark wilding questioned the morality of the actions, asking: "is izzie bad for doing it? is she tremendously irresponsible? she cut the wire for love so does that make her action understandable?" series creator shonda rhimes discussed costuming choices in the scene which saw the interns gather around denny's deathbed, explaining: "meredith and george and cristina and callie and alex are all dressed, not for a prom, but for a funeral. everyone in dark colors, everyone dressed somberly. as if they were in mourning. only izzie is in happy pink. only izzie looks like she didn't know this was coming."
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