After seven years of portraying Dr. Shaun Murphy, Freddie Highmore is hanging up his white coat as ABC's The Good Doctor comes to an end. Talking with ET's Deidre Behar during a visit to the set of the hit medical drama series -- which the network announced in January would be ending -- the 32-year-old British actor says that he has mixed feelings about closing the book on this chapter of his life.
He describes the conclusion as bittersweet. "The analogy I've been using is graduation. It feels nostalgic, this big moment that you look back at all the things you've accomplished and everything that we have done," the August Rush actor shares.
"At the same time, there's an element of feeling excited about the future." The show -- based on a Korean drama of the same name -- follows a surgeon with autism and savant syndrome (Highmore) and the medical team at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital.
The series also stars Richard Schiff , Hill Harper, Christina Chang, Paige Spara, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee and Antonia Thomas. Highmore tells ET that as much as he and his cast and crew members want to, they can't stay in their "magical little bubble" with the series. Highmore says that while it may be a cliche for an actor to refer to their on-screen companions as "family," it is absolutely true in this case.
He shares that the "camaraderie" shared by all of the individuals on set is one of the biggest facets of the job he will miss on a day-to-day basis. "The world has changed so much a.
