When Dr. Will Halstead walked out of Chicago Med for the last time, fans mourned. But what they didn’t know? Nick Gehlfuss had been quietly battling a personal storm throughout his final season.
In a recent closed-door interview, the actor revealed he was dealing with burnout, panic attacks, and the crushing weight of keeping it all together on set.
“I’d shoot a scene saving a life, then cry in my car for 20 minutes,” he admitted.
The decision to leave wasn’t scripted—it was survival. Writers rewrote the finale three times to honor both his character and his request for an authentic goodbye.
Halstead’s exit now carries a new meaning: not just the end of a character, but the start of healing for the man who played him.
And though he’s off the show, Nick says one day—under the right circumstances—he might scrub in again.
