‘The Good Doctor’ Star Richard Schiff Reveals Positive COVID-19 Test; Series Production Not Impacted
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVRichard Schiff, star of ABC’s The Good Doctor, and his wife, actress Sheila Kelley, who is recurring on the ABC medical drama, have tested positive for COVID-19, the two revealed on social media.Schiff said that his positive result came a week ago, on Nov. 3.“We‘re quarantined in our home in Vancouver, recovering,” Kelley wrote.According to sources, production on The Good Doctor in Vancouver has continued while Schiff and Kelley are self-isolating, with the filming schedule reworked to accommodate their temporary absence.The duo are believed to have contracted the virus outside of work; an on-sen COVID transmission automatically triggers a production shutdown.