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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 ...
“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.
The Degrassi universe was created in 1979 by Playing With Time, a production company owned by former schoolteacher Linda Schuyler and her partner Kit Hood. The franchise began with The Kids of Degrassi Street, which was spawned out of three half-hour short films, and came to prominence with the critical and commercial successes of Degrassi Junior High, which debuted in 1987, and Degrassi High ...
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.
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 ...
Stefan Brogren reprises his role for 325 episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation and 8 episodes of Degrassi: Next Class, as well as Drake's music video for "I'm Upset". Susie Rivera: Sarah Charlesworth: 1–2 Susie appeared in 21 episodes. Sarah Charlesworth previously appeared as Casey Rothfels for 15 episodes of The Kids of Degrassi Street.