The first look at Patrick Dempsey's return to TV has fans excited

Dr. Derek Shepherd may have been the guy you’d want in your operating room IRL, but the guy who played the character for 11 seasons is ready to tackle some darker, more “devilish” stuff. Or at least that’s how Patrick Dempsey is previewing his big return to television after a five-year absence.The first trailer for the former Grey's Anatomy star's 10-part series Devils just dropped, and from the looks of things, this character is absolutely nothing like the memorable TV doctor fans adored. The series, which premieres on Sky Italia in April, revolves around a group of traders at a large investment bank in 2008 who discover a worldwide financial conspiracy. It’s based on Guido Maria Brera’s bestselling novel of the same name, and it’s a project Dempsey has supposedly been interested in pursuing for a long time.Aside from enjoying potential afternoon siestas and all of that fresh pasta while shooting in Italy, Dempsey was pumped to play bank CEO Dominic Morgan because it’s just so different than anything else he’s ever done. “It has a different perspective on the financial world to the one that we’re used to, usually from the American perspective,” he told Deadline. “I love being in Europe and you want to do something different, you want to challenge yourself. You go from the guy everybody loves to the guy you’re not sure about.”[video_embed id='-1']RELATED: ‘Station 19’ cast tease ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ crossover[/video_embed]The guy you’re not sure about is an understatement, judging from the trailer. “I don’t know what’s going on in your mind, but I’m not the enemy,” Morgan tells co-star Alessandro Borghi—maybe at a funeral?!—before lightly kissing him on the cheek in a Godfather-like way that is all kinds of foreboding.

 

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There’s no word yet on when fans of the 54-year-old can expect to see the series in North America, but Dempsey isn’t exactly concerned about that logistical stuff. “Everyone’s making their own projects from France to Italy, they’re no longer just waiting for the American market so I think it’s really important that we start collaborating internationally and use [our] visibility to cross pollinate,” he also told Deadline. “It’s an incredible time because there are so many stories to be told, depending on which country you’re from with young filmmakers and writers.”Of course that doesn’t mean audiences won’t see the star again in the near future. NBCUniversal has the rights to sell Devils here, but Dempsey has also signed on to do a CBS pilot called Ways and Means. That potential series is a political project where Dempsey plays a member of congress who decides he has to make the system better from the inside out, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Now that sounds more like the nice guy fans are used to seeing.[video_embed id='1900298']BEFORE YOU GO: Cabbie Richards remembers the first time he met Kobe Bryant[/video_embed]