Shock! Gaffney goes to be visited by a well-recognized face when Chicago Med returns for Season 11, as Nick Gehlfuss reprises his sequence unique position as Dr. Will Hallstead.
Deadline was the primary to report the information that the actor would return to his position within the fall season, greater than two years after his departure from the sequence after Season 8. The positioning didn’t specify what number of episodes he’ll return for on Med.
The final time followers noticed Halstead, he and Dr. Natalie Manning (Torrey DeVitto) lastly discovered a long-lasting love collectively in Seattle. The character resigned from Gaffey after sabotaging the hospital’s OR 2.0 expertise.
After Gehlfuss left the present, he revealed in an interview with Selection, “It was a troublesome choice, however in the end, I felt I’d taken Dr. Halstead so far as I can go along with him. In the end, I need to develop new, totally different characters.”
“I’m interested in the occupation for the variability in it, and eight years is a very long time,” he continued. “It’s two faculty levels! I’m joking now that I mainly have a doctorate in tv.”
Gehlfuss was a part of the sequence’ unique solid when it launched in 2015 and noticed his character cross over with a number of episodes of each different One Chicago dramas, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Hearth. He has not had a sequence common position since leaving Med.
Chicago Med premieres on NBC this fall on Wednesday, October 1 at 8/7c on NBC.
Barring any exit bulletins, the season may also see the return of Season 10 stars Marlyne Barrett (as Maggie Lockwood), Jessy Schram (as Dr. Hannah Asher), Steven Weber (as Dr. Dean Archer), Luke Mitchell (as Dr. Mitch Ripley), Sarah Ramos (as Dr. Caitlin Lennox), Darren Barnet (as Dr. John Frost), S. Epatha Merkerson (as Sharon Goodwin) and Oliver Platt (as Dr. Daniel Charles).
The information that Gehlfuss will return aligns with one thing showrunner Allen MacDonald instructed TV Insider throughout an interview for the Season 10 finale, during which he teased, “I feel that within the One Chicago world, it’s utterly respectable to test in on individuals, characters that we love and we miss, and what enjoyable to see them work together with the brand new medical doctors that the viewers is aware of, however they don’t… So sure, I intend to convey again one if not two or extra unique solid members within the subsequent season.” Seems to be like he’s made good on that promise!
Chicago Med, Season 11 premiere, October 1, 8/7c, NBC