Jorja Fox Talks About Leaving CSI
In an exclusive interview with EW.com, Jorja Fox talked about why she’s leaving the hit series. Actually she’s left. Monday was her last day on set. This section of the interview gives you a look of where Jorja is coming from:
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: So, Jorja, whose call was this for you to leave CSI — yours or CBS’?
JORJA FOX: It’s my call — and a very, very difficult one, something I’ve been thinking about for a long, long time. It’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve made in my life. It has nothing to do with my contract, nothing to do with money…. It could be the stupidest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Only time will tell.Okay, but…why?
There are so many things I want to do! Some are personal. Some are professional. And I really need to do some of them before I get too old…. It’s a really intense place to work. A lot of the stories [on the show] do end sadly and badly. That’s been one of the things I’ve struggled with — the violence. I’m not saying I’ll never do another violent [project], because I’m sure that I’ll be back in that world someday, but it’s really good for me to take a break from it.
This has come as a terrible blow to many of Jorja’s fans who campaigned tirelessly in hopes that monetary concerns were the reason for the stars potential departure.
It appears that Jorja needed to take a break for personal reasons. That’s completely understandable considering the grind of a primetime series. Jorja even joked that she “forgot” to have kids. This isn’t an extremely young cast and many are coming to a crossroads in their lives. I’d imagine that after more than seven years this is only the beginning of more cast departures.
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October 20th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
I very sorry to hear this I sure many fan’s will miss her