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.

今年春天結(jié)束的《實(shí)習(xí)醫(yī)生格蕾》（Grey's Anatomy）第八季里萊西·格蕾（Lexie Grey）的死訊讓無數(shù)觀眾為之震驚，更為之傷心。該劇主創(chuàng)珊丹·萊姆斯（Shonda Rhimes）透露萊西的死亡是她與萊西的扮演者凱樂·利（Chyler Leigh）共同決定的，因?yàn)閯P樂認(rèn)為萊西是時(shí)候離開西雅圖圣恩醫(yī)院（Seattle Grace）了。

“最終我們倆一致決定第八季最后一集就是結(jié)束萊西在本劇中的戲份的最佳時(shí)刻。但凱樂永遠(yuǎn)都是我的手下愛將，我非常期待以后能再次與她合作?！比R姆斯表示。

在接受TVGuide的采訪時(shí)，凱樂說萊西死去的那一幕是她拍攝《實(shí)習(xí)醫(yī)生格蕾》以來最引以為傲的一場(chǎng)戲?！斑@個(gè)難得的機(jī)會(huì)讓我善始善終地演完了一個(gè)角色，其中的感覺苦樂參半。我也很感激這個(gè)角色的死亡，我不知道這么說是不是有點(diǎn)奇怪什么的，但這就是我真實(shí)的感覺?！眲P樂說。

然而凱樂的影迷們不用為她的以后煩惱，因?yàn)樗x開《實(shí)習(xí)醫(yī)生格蕾》并不意味著她就無處可去了。雖然凱樂強(qiáng)調(diào)說自己很高興能有更多的時(shí)間陪在三個(gè)孩子的身邊，也不用再經(jīng)常在橘子郡（Orange County）與洛杉磯（Los Angeles）之間來回奔波，但她仍希望能回歸電視熒屏，演一部沒那么多生離死別的電視劇（你懂的）。

“我一直都想演情景喜劇。我以前演過《80年代秀》（That 80's Show），那真的是很美妙的經(jīng)歷。就目前來說，喜劇更適合我?！眲P樂如是說。與此同時(shí)，她和丈夫內(nèi)森·韋斯特（Nathan West）正在寫一本童書以及創(chuàng)作一部音樂劇。他們還與一個(gè)名叫“渴望計(jì)劃”（Thrist Project）的公益機(jī)構(gòu)共同致力于讓全世界的人都能喝到潔凈的飲用水。而凱樂的新電影《剎車》（Brake）也將在明年三月上映——盡管與她在《實(shí)習(xí)醫(yī)生格蕾》里合作過的賈斯汀·錢伯斯（Justin Chambers）最終沒能出演這部電影。用凱樂的話來說，這是一部“非常棒的小制作影片”。

噢，還有凱樂的確認(rèn)為馬克·斯?。∕ark Sloane）是萊西一生的摯愛，她希望馬克能盡快走出萊西死亡帶來的悲傷。

“他們倆之間坐過山車般的感情總是很有激情，我也覺得很真實(shí)。但死亡總是在我們毫無察覺的時(shí)候悄悄到來，”凱樂說，“死亡當(dāng)然也會(huì)給人帶來沉重打擊。從某種程度上來說，萊西和馬克的愛情還很不成熟，就像《老友記》（Friends）里的瑞秋（Rachel）和羅斯（Ross）。很難看出哪里出了問題或者怎樣才能讓感情發(fā)展的更順利。然而馬克能夠釋懷嗎？肯定能，他一定會(huì)振作起來，馬克就是這樣的人。不過我覺得他最初會(huì)頹廢一陣子。”