Sandra Oh Reveals Why Shonda Rhimes Wouldn't Let Her Play Olivia Pope on 'Scandal'
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etonline.comSandra Ohwanted to play Olivia Pope. In the latest edition of 's «Actors on Actors» series, the 48-year-old actress recalls reading the pilot for and immediately wanting to play the leading lady. «I remember exactly where I was when I read that damn pilot,» Oh tells Kerry Washington, who went on to play Olivia Pope. «I was on [].
We were on stage five. Someone snuck it to me, I don’t know who it was, but I got my hands on that pilot and I read it and I was just like, 'How could I play Olivia Pope?'»Oh wanted to play the anti-hero fixer so badly that she asked Shonda Rhimes if she could take on the role.
Rhimes, the creator of both and , rejected Oh's request in favor of having her continue her role of Cristina Yang.«I remember going to.
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