Available on Netflix for a few days, Season 3 of New Amsterdam, which has already aired on TF1, has quickly climbed into the top 10 of the most-watched series on the French streaming platform.
Fans who have already devoured the third installment of the medical series directed by Ryan Eggold and Freema Agyeman will not notice that these new episodes, shot in 2020 and 2021 during the Covid-19 epidemic, are marked by an emblematic departure. A figure from the cast.
Doctor Kapoor bids farewell to the serial
Presented only in the first two episodes of season 3, Anupam Kher, the translator of Dr. Vijay Kapoor, has indeed left New Amsterdam and will not appear in seasons 4 and 5 (remember that the series ended last January after five seasons across the Atlantic).
In Episode 7 of The Third Salvo, available on Netflix, Iggy (Tyler Labine) learns that Vijay Kapoor has retired from the hospital after battling Covid, open heart surgery and a long period of rehab, unable to return to his position. Head of Department of Neurology, New Amsterdam.
Anupam Kher, Ryan Eggold and Tyler Labine in New Amsterdam.
In fact, according to TVLine, scenes from the first two episodes of Season 3, in which viewers discover Dr. Kapoor tests positive for the coronavirus, are “leftovers” from a never-aired Season 2 episode called “Pandemic.” It initially saw Anupam Kher’s character contract a deadly flu during an epidemic.
This suggests that the actor has not filmed any episodes at all for this third season, cut to 14 episodes due to the pandemic, and that he made the choice to leave the series in 2020, during the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic. and halting filming in the United States for several months.
Why did Anupam Kher leave New Amsterdam in 2020?
Although he hasn’t really talked about it, Anupam Kher seems to have decided to leave New Amsterdam for family reasons, while his wife Kiron Kher was battling blood cancer, as reported by The Hindustan Times at the time.
In April 2021, the actor posted the following message on his social networks to thank the production and fans of the series: “The past year has been very difficult for so many people around the world and for Dr. Kapoor as well. Being part of this series has been an incredible adventure that I will never forget. The New Amsterdam family will forever hold a special place in my heart.”.
“Thank you to the community for the love, support and kind messages, especially for my husband Kieron. I hope you will continue to follow me in my future projects.”.
Source: Allocine
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