Supriya Ganesh is getting candid about leaving The Pitt — and the web response that followed.
“I attempted to take a step away, since it’s just been so surreal,” Ganesh, 28, told Variety in an interview published on Sunday, May 10, of the response. “The day that news broke, I saw my name was trending on Twitter, and I used to be like, ‘Gotta put the phone down and go outside.’ So, I haven’t really been keeping track of it, to be honest, but I’ve been getting such sweet, lovely messages from people, and I’ve truthfully just been surprised at how much people love the character and saw a lot of themselves in her, and that’s what I’m going to miss.”
Ganesh, who couldn’t confirm any future projects yet, shared that there are a “couple of things within the pipeline.”
News broke in April that Ganesh’s character, Dr. Samira Mohan, can be written off after the emotional season 2 finale. On the time, it was reported that Ganesh’s exit was a “story-driven” alternative, because the show is ready in a teaching hospital.
While speaking with JoySauce later that month, Ganesh was asked where Mohan might find yourself in the long run.
“I hope [Samira] goes somewhere where she has an attending that thinks she’s fit to be within the ER,” Ganesh said on the time, suggesting that Mohan be paired up with Sepideh Moafi’s character. “Possibly if Dr. Al-Hashimi takes over. It’s been really interesting interested by how different her experience of the ER might need been if she had a distinct attending.”
That very same month, Ganesh spoke out about experiencing “discrimination” as an actor and opened up about gender dysphoria in an essay with Vulture. Now, Ganesh shared that the piece led to people reaching out and has resulted in a “validating” experience.
“It’s definitely a scary thing to place on the market, since it’s such a posh experience and something that’s so personal that I remember after I was writing it, I like, ‘I don’t know if anyone’s going to get this. But that’s OK, because even when one person gets it, like, I’m writing for that person,’” Ganesh told Variety on Sunday. “I get DMs from people being like, ‘I’m taking your essay to my queer theory class and discussing it at school tomorrow.’ That’s just so surreal to me, because I remember being in women’s and gender studies classes, and discussing and debating ideas. It’s just great that it’s a part of the conversation.”