Production on TNT’s “The Last Ship” has been temporarily docked at the request of its star, Eric Dane, who is battling depression, TheWrap has learned.
Dane, known to most as Dr. Mark Sloan, or “McSteamy,” on “Grey’s Anatomy,” is taking a break from production to deal with personal mental health issues, the network told TheWrap.
“He suffers from depression and has asked for a few weeks of downtime and the producers kindly granted that request. He looks forward to returning,” the actor’s rep told Variety.
The show, which is loosely based on the novel of the same name by William Brinkley, follows a Navy destroyer after a virus has wiped out 80 percent of the world’s population.