Fox Ends Speculation on Patrick Dempsey's 'Memory of a Killer'

Patrick Dempsey built years of goodwill as a heartthrob and romantic lead, which worked to his advantage when given a role as a cold-blooded killer turned antihero in his latest network hit Memory of a Killer.

"What was really appealing was the assassin side, and certainly the Alzheimer’s and the dementia side,” Dempsey told The Hollywood Reporter. “I don’t get this type of character offered to me very often, and it came to me very quickly."

"I had to read it and then had to make a decision within 24 hours...