Chandra Wilson on 'Grey's Anatomy' Season 19 Changes: 'We've Been Very Well-Practiced' (Exclusive)
etonline.comChandra Wilson and James Pickens Jr. have seen it all on As the original cast members of ABC's long-running medical drama return for their 19th season, both acknowledged that this one will feel a bit different as the show welcomes a new class of interns and Ellen Pompeo takes on a more limited capacity, appearing in only eight episodes, though she'll continue to narrate. «We've been very well-practiced over the seasons as to what happens when our characters move in and out of our show,» Wilson, who returns as Miranda Bailey, told ET during the virtual season 19 junket. «It's always about the life of this hospital and all of the personalities that come through -- from our series regular characters to our guest characters, the medical event or events of the episode.
If anything evolves it's that, but the housing of it is the same.»Wilson maintained that though Pompeo's physical presence may not be felt as much this year, Grey's will always be told through the lens of Meredith Grey. «We still will always have the overall theme of Meredith Grey -- her eyes, that experience, sort of that intern experience.
Always. It's always there and always peppered through,» she assures, «but in the midst of that is the life of the show that continues through each of the characters.
And each time we bring on new personalities, our audience, they gravitate to that personality. They find somebody that they really [connect with].»«We've had a lot of practice at doing it and the hospital still maintains itself.
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