The procedural dramatic series of the long -standing military police from CBS “NCIS” presented a myriad of actors since the program began to broadcast everything in 2003. As we know, however, things do not work in the television sector as they are supposed to do, and some characters may have an expiration date, whether planned or not. In the case of the English actor Duane Henry, his departure from “NCIS” was partly due to an unhappy and tragic circumstance but also to his ambitious and ambitious vision of the world, which has led the star’s career since he became a professional actor.
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Henry played the beloved character Clayton Danteves on “NCIS” for almost three years (in the seasons 13, 14 and 15) between 2016 and 2018. Reeves was an MI6 liaison officer who frequently helped the response team of the major case despite the international organization of the organization. Unfortunately, his days ended when he was killed by the army specialist Kent Marshall (Mark Engelhardt) in season 15, episode 21, “One Step Forward”.
The decision to fell out the character of Henry was in fact a mutual between him and the producers of the show, as he shared in a 2018 interview with TVLINE. At the same time, this decision was itself the result of a much sadder turn of events.
The showrunner Gary Glasberg is liable to reeves sealed and Henry’s fate
As Henry recalled it in the interview, his character was an original idea of the producer and executive writer Gary Glasberg, who became the show’s showrunner in 2011. After his premature death in 2017 – just after the start of season 14 – at the age of 50, the writers “NCIS” simply did not know what to do with Reeves in the long term. “I felt a little panic in the faces of people. I could say that they were not really sure [what the future held]”Henry explained.” I sort of gathered my bearings and I thought: “What will happen now with the character?” “He added.
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Ruminating about the fate of his character, it did not take the actor for a long time to decide to leave the show and start focusing on other projects. “”[‘NCIS’] Was a changer of life, a game changer for me, and something I will take with me forever and never, “pointed out Henry. But he also admitted having” inactive thumbs “, adding that at the end of 2017,” I looked a lot and I started to question things … my brain begins to go from other places. “”
Indeed, once Henry started from the series, he immediately put his head in the game and jumped into his next role. He was shortly after one of the tracks of the 2018 Christmas Rom-Com “A Gingerbread Romance”, which he quickly followed by joining the Marvel cinematographic universe to play a Talos-Kree soldier in “Captain Marvel” by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. After that, he returned to television, appearing briefly in “What Just kept ??!” And then with “Le Gui in Montana” of 2021.
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