Rob Lowe Reacts to Peter Krause’s 9-1-1 Death

Rob Lowe says he helps the debatable determination to kill off Peter Krause’s loved 9-1-1 personality, Captain Bobby Nash. 

Lowe, 61, starred at the ABC display’s by-product, 9-1-1: Lone Star, from 2020 via 2025. In an interview with Variety revealed on Wednesday, April 23, the actor stated he’d noticed the 9-1-1 episode on April 17 that left fanatics devastated. The procedural drama, cocreated through Tim Minear, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, ended with Bobby’s surprising dying after being inflamed with a deadly virus.

“I watched it and thought it was beautifully written, beautifully acted. Peter is a spectacular actor,” Lowe informed the opening. “At a certain point in a show like that, and Tim has said this publicly, every once in a while, you’ve got to knock down a few walls if you want to keep the house structure sound.”

Lowe persisted, “Ironically, it might rejuvenate the show into a whole new area, but it will never be the same without Peter who was, from the beginning, just such an amazing actor. And the way he played that death scene was emblematic of his nuance and subtlety. I’ve just always been a fan of what he and Angela and the rest of the cast do on that show, definitely.”

While trapped in a lab with the virus, Bobby concealed his an infection with a purpose to give Chimney (Kenneth Choi) the one antidote. He controlled to proportion emotional goodbyes along with his spouse, Athena (Angela Bassett) and colleague Buck (Oliver Stark), however he in the end succumbed to the illness.

After the episode aired, Minear, 61, showed the nature’s dying is an everlasting one however published that it’s “not Peter Krause’s final appearance this season.” Krause, for his section, stated good-bye to Bobby with a heartfelt letter to fanatics.

“In October 2017, through him, we began tackling topics such as grief, guilt, anger and addiction while exploring his relationship with a higher power, forgiveness and grace,” he stated final week. “On his path of healing, we watched him join and embrace both his new family at the firehouse and his new family with Athena Grant where he found love and acceptance. We also had plenty of fun along the way. It was a joy.”

As for Bassett, the 66-year-old superstar stated she hadn’t identified about Bobby’s dying till receiving the episode’s script. “It was incredulous to me that it was Bobby, so it was just very surprising,” she informed The Hollywood Reporter. “Sometimes, you’re just struck dumb — and that’s one of those moments because [Bobby and Athena’s] bond has been so wonderful and so strong these past four or five years. I didn’t see that coming. None of us saw that coming.”

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Business is again as same old at the set of 9-1-1 after the display bid farewell to Peter Krause’s Captain Bobby Nash. Several forged participants of the hit ABC procedural shared behind-the-scenes snaps from filming on Tuesday, April 22. Oliver Stark, who performs firefighter Evan “Buck” Buckley, documented his day by means of his Instagram Story, which started […]

The tragedy additionally stuck audience through wonder. Many shared their instant reactions on X, with one fan wondering how Bobby’s dying will have an effect on the display’s upcoming 9th season. “I know #911onABC got renewed for another season but they can keep that … what’s 911 without Bobby Nash??”