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"Time Stands Still" is a two-part episode of the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation. It aired on CTV in Canada on 5 & 12 October 2004. In the two-part episode, Rick Murray (Ephraim Ellis), ostracized after he physically abused his girlfriend in the previous season, brings a gun to school and shoots and paralyzes Jimmy Brooks (credited as Aubrey Graham, now known as Drake), when ...
Ephraim Ellis' first television role was an eight episode arc during seasons three and four of Degrassi: The Next Generation. He played Rick Murray, the character who famously shot and paralyzed Jimmy Brooks, the character played by Aubrey 'Drake' Graham. [4] [5]
Degrassi: The Next Generation became notable for featuring several actors who went on to achieve wider recognition and stardom since their time on the series, [136] [137] [138] most notably actor-turned-rapper Drake, who played Jimmy Brooks, [139] a basketball star who became physically disabled after he was shot by a classmate. When asked ...
Before his rap career took off, Drake starred on Degrassi from 2001 to 2009, and portrayed Jimmy, a basketball player who becomes paralyzed from the waist down after a classmate shoots him.
Drake didn't want his Degrassi: The Next Generation character to be in a wheelchair — and made a big deal about it.. For the 20th anniversary of the show's premiere, the A.V. Club spoke with ...
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At 15, Drake was introduced to a high school friend's father, an acting agent. He found Drake a role on the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation, in which Drake portrayed Jimmy Brooks, [46] a basketball star who became physically disabled after he was shot by a classmate. When asked about his early acting career, Drake ...
Drake James Gillham/Shutterstock If Drake got his way, Jimmy Brooks would’ve had a very different ending on Degrassi. According to a writer on the teen drama, the rapper, whose full name is ...