He sends female hearts racing around the world, but Grey's Anatomy heart-throb Patrick Dempsey will not be making a cameo appearance at the upcoming Leadfoot motorsport festival in the Coromandel early next month.
The Hollywood actor and race car driver – who played Dr Derek Shepherd or "McDreamy" for 225 episodes of the American TV show before his character was killed off - was set to race in the hill climb event, but has pulled out citing a scheduling conflict.
When Dempsey wasn't acting on the long-running hospital drama he was running his own racing team and was being picked to race one of the latest and fastest Porsche models during the New Zealand festival.
Organisers Rod and Shelly Millen are said to be "most disappointed with the turn of events", but are excited about the other talented drivers lined up for the event.
Dempsey has been filming the third installment of Bridget Jones's Diary alongside Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth.
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