Past Lives star Greta Lee has confirmed that she will be leaving The Morning Show after the hit Apple TV show’s fourth season. Lee first played the role of Stella Bak in Season 2, who was introduced as the President of UBA’s news division. In the latest episode of Season 4, Stella’s gamble with AI backfires when it accidentally exposes her affair with her boss’ husband. The issue leads her to flee the media company she had helped rebuild.
Why is Greta Lee leaving The Morning Show?
During a recent interview with THR, Lee explained why she decided to exit the acclaimed Apple TV+ show, revealing that scheduling conflicts have been the main factor since working on TV shows “are such a commitment.”
“There were a lot of factors. Of course, I would have loved to have stayed on indefinitely. This is like family to me. I moved to L.A. because of this show a few years ago from New York. I had my babies while doing the show, and so much has happened. But it got to the point where it just wasn’t possible,” Lee said. “These shows are such a commitment. We kept trying, and it just got harder and harder, scheduling-wise, to be there and to be able to hand over my resources and time to keep being on the show.”
She continued, “So this was where we had to land. I was like, ‘Well, I have this amount of time while filming Tron and Late Fame and Kathryn Bigelow’s movie A House of Dynamite,’ so the writers came back with this storyline, and it’s so bittersweet, but I also feel this was the end. Sometimes it’s that hard thing where it’s time. It’s time for a character to move on.”
The Morning Show is a drama that looks at the modern workplace about the people who help wake America up. Joining Aniston and Witherspoon in the new season are returning cast members Jon Hamm, Greta Lee, Mark Duplass, Nestor Carbonell, Karen Pittman, and Nicole Beharie. Season 4 will also feature the addition of Oscar winners Marion Cotillard as Celine Dumont and Jeremy Irons as Alex’s father, Martin Levy, along with Aaron Pierre as Miles, William Jackson Harper as Ben, and Boyd Holbrook as Brodie.
The series is created and executive-produced by Michael Ellenberg (The Leftovers), with Kerry Ehrin serving as writer. Executive producers are Witherspoon, Aniston, Ehrin, Mimi Leder, Kristin Hahn, Lauren Levy Neudstadter, Adam Milch, and Erica Lipez. Season 3 was the show’s highest-rated installment, with a Tomatometer rating of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes
(Source: THR)
