This week, Justin has been in New Orleans to work on Broken City. On his free time from the movie he’s been around town keeping a low profile and he’s done some generous and thoughtful things for strangers like this (BTW it´s Alex. LOL).

Or in the case of a pedicab operator named Mark, who gave Justin a ride, his kids received a nice gift. Click on the link to read Mark’s blog about meeting JC this week in New Orleans.

“I was waiting at a red light when this guy walked up to me. He had a battered leather jacket, a couple of days stubble on his chin, and a fedora pulled down low so that his eyes were in its shadows…”

I know I’ve been MIA but things have been rather quiet especially with Grey’s Anatomy on its winter hiatus. I’ll probably update the site a bit more often in the next few weeks since I’ll have some more free time.

As to the man himself, Justin is currently in New Orleans, Louisiana where he’s working on the movie ‘Broken City‘ but he’ll soon be returning to Los Angeles and his work on ‘Grey’s Anatomy‘.

Now for a few random things that have come out in the last few weeks:

-» Video of Justin at the 8th Annual Celebrity Bowling Challenge which benefit The KIS Foundation and raised awareness for sickle cell disease. The event was held back on Sept. 16 at PINZ Entertainment Center in Studio City, CA.

-» BuddyTV’s annual list of TV’s 100 Sexiest Men has Justin at #45.

-» An article titled “When is it time to put a television show out of its misery?” mentions Justin.

While Justin Chambers and Sandra Oh are still infinitely watchable, the rest of the cast has become boring and, in the case of show star Ellen Pompeo, annoyingly shrill.

Trade publication Variety has confirmed Justin as part of the cast of ‘Broken City’ currently filming in New York.

Here’s the article:

3 thesps fixed for ‘Broken City’
Justin Chambers, James Ransone, Griffin Dunne join the crime thriller
By Jeff Sneider

“Grey’s Anatomy” star Justin Chambers, “The Wire” veteran James Ransone and Griffin Dunne have joined the cast of Allen Hughes’ “Broken City,” a co-production between New Regency and Emmett/Furla Films that will be distributed in the U.S. by 20th Century Fox.

Mark Wahlberg stars as a Brooklyn detective hired by a powerful politician (Russell Crowe) to identify his wife’s lover, who is subsequently found and killed.

Natalie Martinez co-stars as Wahlberg’s girlfriend, and Chambers will play an actor who stars in a movie opposite her character. Dunne will play a real estate developer, while Ransone will play his son.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Barry Pepper and Alona Tal co-star in the pic, which was packaged by Emmett/Furla. Brian Tucker-scripted film is skedded for release on Jan. 18, 2013.

Chambers has been a series regular on ABC’s long-running hit “Grey’s Anatomy” for the past eight years. Thesp’s feature credits include Barry Levinson’s “Liberty Heights” and “The Wedding Planner” with Jennifer Lopez.

Ransone, who recently recurred on HBO’s “How to Make It in America,” next co-stars in Dito Montiel’s “the Son of No One” and is currently filming Summit’s “Sinister” with Ethan Hawke.

Dunne recently appeared in “The Great Buck Howard” and directed a segment of Relativity Media’s upcoming onminbus comedy produced by Peter Farrelly and Charles B. Wessler.

Chambers is repped by Gersh, Anonymous Content and attorney Darren Trattner. Ransone is repped by Paradigm and Management 360, while UTA and 3 Arts Entertainment rep Dunne.

There you have it! Justin is giving Karev a little bit of a rest and playing a new character. I’m excited! 😀

Justin is currently in New York City and apparently it’s to work on the movie BROKEN CITY! There isn’t any “official” confirmation of Justin being in the movie but I’ve been hearing rumblings and there have been sightings of him in NYC. I don’t know what role Justin is supposedly playing but the cast of the movie is solid and the script sounds like it must be pretty good.

‘Broken City’ is a $60 million production in the crime/drama/thriller genre starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones and is being directed by Allen Hughes. The script made The 2008 Black List (the most popular unproduced screenplays that year) and was written by Brian Tucker.

Filming began last week in New York and will continue until January 26, 2011 in New York and New Orleans. The movie will be released through 20th Century Fox on January 18, 2013.

There are candid photos of some of the cast (Wahlberg, Zeta-Jones, Kyle Chandler, etc) shooting on location so, hopefully, we’ll get some candids of Justin on set too. Until there’s an official confirmation or photos take this with a grain of salt, ok? 😉

Brief synopsis for ‘Broken City’

The story centers on a cop-turned-private-investigator (Mark Wahlberg) who, in an attempt to turn his life around, is thrust into a murder investigation amid a mayoral candidate (Russell Crowe) involved in a corrupt election.

EDIT: A couple of pics of Justin with fans in New York last night.

In an interview with TV Line, Jessica Capshaw, who plays Dr. Arizona Robbins, says some really sweet things about Justin. Also in the interview are some spoilers about an upcoming story line for Alex so be warned if you read the full interview here: Jessica Capshaw Defends Her Grey’s Anatomy Love Life: ‘Sometimes There’s Making Out, And…’
This is what Jessica said about Justin when discussing which are her favorite relationships to play on the show:

“And I love, love, love, love Justin [Chambers, who plays Alex]. He’s such a wonderful man and father of five, such a good guy and incredibly talented. No one ever likes when you point this out, but out of everyone I think he gets the least credit for the kind of work he’s doing. If you look at him in any frame of the show, he is so consistent and so right on.”

Justin def deserves more credit for the work he’s put in over the last 8 years on Grey’s Anatomy, IMHO.

Another short interview video from the TCA press junket:

“Hope” is the title of a PSA/short film aimed at creating awareness about the education crisis in California. Justin participates in it explaining the situation and invites people to visit EducateOurState.org or Cause4Education.org for more information. Check it out:

Hope from JP Epstein on Vimeo.

There’s a new interview with Justin and Kevin McKidd where they discuss Grey’s Anatomy and its uncertain future. . The interview can be read here –> Going grey?

Also, in an interview about season 7 of Grey’s posted at Grey’s Gabble, Chyler Leigh mentions Justin.

Are there any other alternative or different episodes in Season Seven?

There is also a faux documentary-style episode in Season Seven where a film crew comes to Seattle Grace to film the goings on. They interview the staff and they video the interactions between the doctors and the patients, which is really interesting to watch. I especially love what Justin Chambers [who plays Alex Karev on the show] does with his character in that episode. You get to look into why he behaves the way he does and why he acts so tough when in reality he is extremely caring and soft. The audience gets a behind-the-scenes look at his love for pediatric care, which is really fun.

It took me a while because Justin had a lot of scenes but the screencaps from this week’s episode have now been added to the gallery.

8.04 – What Is It About Men

Next Thursday airs episode 8.05 titled “Love, Loss and Legacy” and the ABC and CTV promos are below: