Freddie Highmore says goodbye to The Good Doctor forever: “It’s hard to think it’s over”
The Good Doctor reaches its series finale after seven seasons. This evening, in the States, the series officially ends which in Italy can be seen on Rai2 and various digital distributors. The protagonist Freddie Highmore, the former Charlie from the Chocolate Factory in Tim Burton’s version, addressed his impressions and emotions to People magazine, suggesting that the ending will satisfy everyone but that it is still hard to let go of a piece of his career.
The words of Freddie Highmore
In the Good Doctor, Freddie Highmore plays the brilliant surgeon Shaun Murphy who we know from the first season to be a young surgical resident, autistic and suffering from savant syndrome. In seven seasons, the character’s personal journey has been completed as well as that of his interpreter who admits: “This character has been a gift. It’s fun to look back on seven years, and I think it will be so hard to say goodbye to all of this because we have been through so much together.”In fact, Freddie Highmore entered this project in his early twenties, he is now 31. He is a finished man.
It will be a surprising ending that reminds us of the beginning and ties together this journey that Shaun and all of our characters have taken. It will feel like we’ve kind of come full circle, but at the same time we’ll see our characters in the future.
“Proud of how we showed autism”
With The Good Doctor, Freddie Highmore represented Shaun’s autism and did so by breaking down stereotypes and respecting this condition: “This was the most important thing for me in playing this role. If anything this did series, I hope in a small way, I believe has helped challenge stereotypes and change people’s perceptions of autism.”
