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“Degrassi: The Next Generation” writer James Hurst say Drake threatened legal action if his character was not taken out of his wheelchair on the show.
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 ...
Show writer James Hurst recalls getting a legal letter saying the star "will not return to 'Degrassi' season six as Jimmy Brooks unless his injury is healed, and he’s out of the wheelchair.'"
"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 ...
He and Dr. Sally are the only two Degrassi Junior High and/or Degrassi High adult characters to appear on-screen on Degrassi: The Next Generation (Joey's Mom is an unseen character in "Drive") [14] Daphne Hatzilakos: Melissa DiMarco: 2–4, 9 (recurring); 5–7 (regular); 8 (guest appearance) Daphne is the divorced mother of Peter Stone.
[12] In his end of year review, Joel Rubnoff of the Waterloo Region Record said Degrassi: The Next Generation was one of the best shows of 2007, adding, "The greatest teen show on the planet rediscovers its mojo with a same sex romance between control freak Paige and teen rebel Alexa. The year's most compelling—and bittersweet—love story."
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 ...
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.