Board Thread:General Grimm Discussion/@comment-25875828-20141217190511/@comment-26235944-20150530033056

Syscrash53 wrote:

... I have looked and can not find any other examples of a character leaving a show and the actor still being involved with the show.

It happens. It happens more and more these days, with social media, etc. Take the show Supernatural, for example, there are about a dozen actors who have died on that show, who are still active with the fans of the show.

It makes good business sense for an actor to cultivate fans. Having a 'fan base' equals power...power with whatever show they are currently on, and power to get future work. Fans may think that actors do this because they 'love their fans'...but it's more because the actors love the power that having fans will give them in negotiating contracts for more work.