When Lexie died in the "Grey's Anatomy" Season 8 finale this spring, fans were shocked -- and devastated. Creator Shonda Rhimes revealed that the death a decision she made in collaboration with actress Chyler Leigh, who felt that her time at Seattle Grace was over.

"Ultimately we both decided this was the right time for her character's journey to end. As far as I'm concerned Chyler will always remain a part of the Shondaland family and I can't wait to work with her again in the future," Rhimes said.

In an interview with TVGuide, Leigh adds that Lexie's death was the scene she was most proud of in the course of her run on the show. "It really was a chance for me to be able to go from the beginning of the character to the end. There's something that's very bittersweet about that. Something about being able to be there for the moment of her death that I appreciate. I don't know if that's morbid or not, but that's how I feel," she says.

Fans of Leigh's don't need to fret -- just because she's no longer on "Grey's Anatomy" doesn't mean she's going anywhere. While she stresses that she's grateful to have more time to spend with her three children, and less time to spend in the car between Orange County and Los Angeles, she hopes to get back into TV... just, you know, less angsty TV.

"I'm always down to do a sitcom. I did That 80's Show back in the day and that was a really great experience. I think comedy would be good for a while," she says. In the meantime, she and husband Nathan West are writing a children's book and a musical. They're also working with the Thirst Project to give people all over the world access to clean drinking water. Her next film, "Brake," is coming out in March -- and though it won't include "Grey's Anatomy" costar Justin Chambers as originally intended, she says it's a "really incredible little movie."

Oh -- and while she does think that Mark Sloane was the love of Lexie's life, she hopes he'll pick up the pieces after the disaster.

"The roller coaster between them was always very dynamic and I think realistic. When it comes to death we never know the date or the hour," she says. "There is absolute shock value to that. As far as their relationship, it was in some ways very young. So Rachel and Ross [from Friends]. It's so hard to put a pin in what went wrong or how it could have gone better. But will Mark go on? Absolutely. He'll move right along. That's just what Mark Sloane does. But initially I hope there will be a devastation.

今年春天结束的《实习医生格蕾》（Grey's Anatomy）第八季里莱西·格蕾（Lexie Grey）的死讯让无数观众为之震惊，更为之伤心。该剧主创珊丹·莱姆斯（Shonda Rhimes）透露莱西的死亡是她与莱西的扮演者凯乐·利（Chyler Leigh）共同决定的，因为凯乐认为莱西是时候离开西雅图圣恩医院（Seattle Grace）了。

“最终我们俩一致决定第八季最后一集就是结束莱西在本剧中的戏份的最佳时刻。但凯乐永远都是我的手下爱将，我非常期待以后能再次与她合作。”莱姆斯表示。

在接受TVGuide的采访时，凯乐说莱西死去的那一幕是她拍摄《实习医生格蕾》以来最引以为傲的一场戏。“这个难得的机会让我善始善终地演完了一个角色，其中的感觉苦乐参半。我也很感激这个角色的死亡，我不知道这么说是不是有点奇怪什么的，但这就是我真实的感觉。”凯乐说。

然而凯乐的影迷们不用为她的以后烦恼，因为她离开《实习医生格蕾》并不意味着她就无处可去了。虽然凯乐强调说自己很高兴能有更多的时间陪在三个孩子的身边，也不用再经常在橘子郡（Orange County）与洛杉矶（Los Angeles）之间来回奔波，但她仍希望能回归电视荧屏，演一部没那么多生离死别的电视剧（你懂的）。

“我一直都想演情景喜剧。我以前演过《80年代秀》（That 80's Show），那真的是很美妙的经历。就目前来说，喜剧更适合我。”凯乐如是说。与此同时，她和丈夫内森·韦斯特（Nathan West）正在写一本童书以及创作一部音乐剧。他们还与一个名叫“渴望计划”（Thrist Project）的公益机构共同致力于让全世界的人都能喝到洁净的饮用水。而凯乐的新电影《刹车》（Brake）也将在明年三月上映——尽管与她在《实习医生格蕾》里合作过的贾斯汀·钱伯斯（Justin Chambers）最终没能出演这部电影。用凯乐的话来说，这是一部“非常棒的小制作影片”。


噢，还有凯乐的确认为马克·斯隆（Mark Sloane）是莱西一生的挚爱，她希望马克能尽快走出莱西死亡带来的悲伤。

“他们俩之间坐过山车般的感情总是很有激情，我也觉得很真实。但死亡总是在我们毫无察觉的时候悄悄到来，”凯乐说，“死亡当然也会给人带来沉重打击。从某种程度上来说，莱西和马克的爱情还很不成熟，就像《老友记》（Friends）里的瑞秋（Rachel）和罗斯（Ross）。很难看出哪里出了问题或者怎样才能让感情发展的更顺利。然而马克能够释怀吗？肯定能，他一定会振作起来，马克就是这样的人。不过我觉得他最初会颓废一阵子。”