Ellen Pompeo revealed to HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that she's 'grateful' to have the ability to scale back her time on 'Gray's Anatomy' to do 'one thing completely different' in a brand new collection.
Ellen Pompeo is beginning a brand new chapter, however Gray’s Anatomy continues to be part of it. In season 19, the longtime star of the medical drama could have a scaled-back presence. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Ellen about how she’s feeling about her determination to seem in a restricted capability in season 19.
“I’m so excited. I really feel actually comfortable and grateful that the corporate gave me a chance to do one thing completely different with my new restricted collection,” Ellen instructed HollywoodLife on the D23 Expo on September 9.
That new restricted collection is a Hulu drama that’s impressed by the true story of Ukrainian-born Natalia Grace and her U.S. adoptive mother and father, who claimed that she was an grownup “sociopath” pretending to be a toddler. She additionally serves as an government producer.
“It’s a real-life story of a pair in Indiana who adopted a toddler, and it didn’t go precisely as they'd anticipated,” Ellen revealed. “I feel we’ve all been in conditions like that, the place issues don’t go as we plan or as we count on, and I feel that’s an fascinating story.”
Ellen is protecting it within the Disney household with the restricted collection on Hulu, ABC’s sister streaming service. Ellen has been with ABC since 2005 when Gray’s Anatomy began. Ellen was honored at D23 as a brand new Disney Legend alongside along with her former co-star Patrick Dempsey.
Ellen will seem in 8 episodes and proceed to relate each episode, in addition to government produce. The primary promo featured Meredith nonetheless at Seattle Grace as she launched a brand new group of residents to the OR.
The solid of Gray’s Anatomy continues to evolve. Midori Francis, Adelaide Kane, Alexis Floyd, Niko Terho, and Harry Shum Jr. have joined the solid as the brand new residents at Gray Sloan. Longtime vet Kate Walsh shall be returning as Addison as soon as once more in season 19. Gray’s Anatomy premieres season 19 on October 6.