Posts Tagged ‘Katherine Heigl’

Katherine Heigl ”sad” to leave Grey”s Anatomy ”family”

Katherine Heigl says she will miss ”Grey”s Anatomy”s cast as her co-stars were just like her family members.

Heigl is bidding goodbye to the hit show after six years, and admits she”s sad to leave the show.

The 31-year-old actress insists that she wants to focus more on her adopted daughter Naleigh.

Also, she”s adamant that she has not fallen out with her former colleagues – insisting she”s desperate to meet Ellen Pompeo”s baby daughter Stella Luna.

“Ellen (Pompeo) and I text a lot. I”m still waiting to meet Stella Luna. And Justin (Chambers) and I have been texting. Chyler Leigh is one of the most amazing young women. Just unbelievably lovely and supportive,” The Daily Express quoted her as telling Entertainment Weekly.

“These are my friends. They”re kind of family at this point. I spent more time with them over the past six years than I did with my own family. So I”m going to miss that,” she added.

Katherine Heigl replaces Reese Witherspoon in film ‘One For The Money’

Katherine Heigl has reportedly filled in the spot left vacant by Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming movie One For The Money.

The Knocked Up actress took Witherspoon’s place after the latter withdrew from the project for unknown reasons.

Movie bosses were then said to have roped in Heigl to star as Stephanie Plum in the film based on Janet Evanovich”s novel of the same name, reports Contactmusic.

The film tells the story of an unemployed lingerie buyer who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet.

The shooting is expected to kick start once the screenplay is completed, according to Daily Variety.