Shonda Rhimes is weighing in on the Oscars‘ decision not to include Eric Dane in their In Memoriam segment, which pays tribute to all the actors who died the previous year.
Dane was best known for playing Dr. Mark Sloan on the Rhimes-created series Grey’s Anatomy and most recently starred in HBO’s Euphoria. With an extensive career in television, Rhimes was hopeful that the Emmys would properly honor Dane’s legacy.
“Well, he’s not a movie star, you know?” Rhimes told Entertainment Tonight at the Vanity Fair party. “And I feel like when the Emmys come around, he will be immortalized the way he should be.”
She continued, “We can’t fault the Oscars for the fact that they’re looking at movies. And there were so many people who were lost, but Eric was unique to television, and I can’t wait to see what they do with him [at the Emmys].”
Rhimes called Dane an “incredible being” and added, “He was a huge loss for us. He was a huge loss for the Shondaland family, for the Grey’s Anatomy family. Honestly, the people that he knew, he was just a wonderful, wonderful giving guy. I don’t know if everyone understands how amazing he was.”
Dane also had film credits like X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Marley & Me (2008), Valentine’s Day (2010), Burlesque (2010), Little Dixie (2023), and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024).
Dane died on February 19 due to respiratory failure with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) as a contributing cause. The actor was diagnosed with ALS last April, noting that he was “able to continue working,” which he did, while raising awareness in a guest spot on Brilliant Minds, playing a patient with ALS.
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