Warning: The following post contains discussions of self-harm.
Five seasons after his debut, Steven Weber‘s Dr. Dean Archer is a central part of Chicago Med and the ED. But when he first signed on (he got a call and didn’t have to audition), it was supposed to be for just four or five episodes.
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