Non the next season of And just like thatthe third, perhaps we will never see again Che Diaz, the character played by Sara Ramirez (48 years old). Absolutely one of the most hated in the series. The non-binary actress doesn’t say it explicitly; in the long post published on Instagram in fact he talks about blacklists compiled by agents and casting directors, lists containing the names of those who demonstrated in support of Gaza (Sara participated in several pro-Palestine demonstrations in Brooklyn.)
«Our industry is two-faced», says Ramirez in the post published on the social network the day after the Emmy Awards ceremony. “While it delivers awards, while it brings up some of their clients who have stood up against the genocide, it takes out others who perhaps don’t have their backs covered.”
Sara Ramirez out of And just like that?
The post continues by ridiculing colleagues’ need for rewards, something shiny that makes them feel «special and powerful». An embarrassing celebration given the thousands of deaths in Gaza. «It’s sensational how many people get excited about doing more (“performative”) things, even more so than the last character I played (or interpreted: translating from English).
According to Daily MaiL, the use of the past tense applied to the role would prove Ramirez’s exit from And just like that. However, no one from the television production confirmed it, refusing to comment.
Sara Ramirez and Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of “And Just Like That”. (Getty Images)
It is therefore not clear whether there was a separation or not. What is certain is that Sara, again with a post on Instagram, says that she has been through a bad time, and that if she managed to come back to herself she owes it to all the people who helped her, and who she thanks one by one.
He talks about the massacre Che’s character received, which caused the separation between Miranda and Steve and a thousand other annoyances? Of the wave of resentment that had raised hopes of a cut already in the second season of AJLT?
An “annoying” character
Sources close to the show always heard from Daily seem to confirm this hypothesis: if there was a dismissal, it would have depended on character who “no longer had value” and who was “annoying”.
After the separation with Miranda, That Diaz in fact represented «a waste of time. The character no longer had any value and fans found him even more annoying. And Sara knew it».
«He must accept that we are not at Grey’s Anatomy (series that brought Ramirez global fame thanks to the role of Dr. Callie Torres), and that his character was not a key part of the plot».
So other than the protests against the bombings in Gaza; although thinking back to the hunger strike of Cynthia Nixon for the ceasefire, Sara’s distinction between expendable and non-expendable actors is decidedly less crazy (who would ever have the courage to cut Miranda because she was too performative?).
The only certain thing about the Che case, to date, remains the long wait And just like that 3. Due to the writers’ strike we won’t see an episode before 2025.
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