There are many actors who wanted to leave their shows for many reasons. They suggested the writers and the showrunners to kill off their on-screen characters. Some had new projects waiting, some had to deal with family stuff and some even felt it was no longer fun. Here is a list of actors on famous shows who asked the writers to kill off their characters.
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1. Dean Norris as Hank on Breaking Bad, suggested to kill off his character in the first half of the last season.
2. Monica Keena as Abby on Dawson’s Creek asked to kill off her character to pursue other projects.
3. Eric Balfour as Milo on 24 asked to kill off his character because he needed change.
4. Daniel Gillies as Joel on Saving Hope asked to be killed at the beginning of season 3 because he was exhausted from filming both, Saving Hope and The Originals.
5. Mischa Barton as Marissa on The O.C. was killed in a car accident.
6. Paul Wesley as Stefan on The Vampire Diaries died at the end of the series finale after sacrificing himself to stop Katherine.
7. Chyler Leigh on Grey’s Anatomy came with a mutual decision with the creators to kill off Lexie.
8. Emma Caulfield as Anya on Buffy the Vampire Slayer thought it would be poetic for Anya to die for “people she could never understand”.
9. Josh Bowman as Daniel on Revenge was killed off in Season 3. He said that his role has changed more and it is difficult for him to play.
10. Kevin Alejandro as Dan on Lucifer was killed by a hitman in Season 5
11. Ashley Madekwe as Ashley on Revenge, wanted her character to die in a “blaze of glory”.
12. Jessalyn Gilsig as Siggy on Vikings demanded to kill off her character to deal with personal/family issues.
13. Aidan Turner as Mitchell on Being Human decided to leave the shoe to appear in The Hobbit.
14. Troian Bellisario as Spencer on Pretty Little Liars; because she thought her character would become more interesting after its death.
15. Julian Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle on Game of Thrones
16. Tom Payne as Jesus on The Walking Dead
17. Frank Dillane as Nick on Fear the Walking Dead
