'Nashville' Season 5 Spoilers: Will Chase Explains Not Returning To Series & If His Storyline Will Wrap Up [VIDEO]
Will Chase opened up on the news that he wouldn't be part of Nashville's new season.
On Friday, The Hollywood Reporter posted an interview with the actor who played Luke on the ABC drama, which has officially been renewed on CMT. Since his character won't be returning in future episodes, Chase is a little disappointed, but he's not taking it too harshly.
"I've learned to take whatever comes," he said. "Doesn't mean I'm not bummed or sad, but it's part of the game. It's not personal. Every year I was there- end of seasons two, three and four- we were that bubble show, so we went through this every year. This year, even more so, I thought, I really don't see it happening, and then we got canceled."
The actor added how fans expressed their outrage over the cancellation, but since things turned around down that field, Chase suspected that his character wouldn't be part of the new season. So is he still going to watch the show?
"I can't wait to watch it because it'll be great to let all of these characters breathe a bit and have some scenes that last more than 45 seconds," Chase said. "That's one of the things: When Luke paid back that $40 million in one episode- that was always a funny one for us...so I'm glad the new guys are there, and they're gonna allow the show to breathe. This year will be a great season for the show."
Chase also mentioned if he might consider coming back to the show to wrap up Luke's storyline.
"I'm still waiting to see," he said. "We haven't had those kinds of conversations too much, just with casting to see what my availability is. I don't envy writers on a network show because it's so hard to do one episode if you have a guest, and you're constantly changing what the outlines trajectory is for these characters."
