Sarah Drew Opens Up About 'Emotionally' Taxing Lifetime Movie, Possible 'Grey's Anatomy' Return (Exclusive)

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Sarah Drew said her new Lifetime movie, took an emotional toll.Inspired by the memoir from Lizbeth Meredith,  Drew plays Lizbeth, a mother, who after saying goodbye to her daughters for a visit with their father — her abusive ex-husband — discovers days later that he has kidnapped the children and taken them to Greece.

For the next two years, fueled by memories of her own childhood kidnapping, Lizbeth travels to the White House and Greece, burning through every dime and favor to get her children back.

One wrong move and her ex-husband will disappear with her girls. Two wrong moves and he will make good on his promise to kill her.

Drew says it was an emotional roller-coaster playing Lizbeth on the small screen, telling ET's Matt Cohen she imagined being separated from her own children to understand the grief and devastation the real Lizbeth must have felt throughout the years-long process of trying to get her children back.«Impossible but also easy to access emotion given the traumatic situation,» the actress said. «I'm thinking about being separated from my own children.