Chandra Wilson chats with THR at the Disney Upfronts carpet and talks about how relevant the storylines on 'Grey's Anatomy' have been as the seasons progress. Plus, she shares what it's like to work with Ellen Pompeo in these later seasons.
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00:00Is this season 22 we're going into?
00:02Getting ready to do it, yeah.
00:04How many more seasons do you think we got in us?
00:07I think back in season 6 we were like, probably two, probably two.
00:11So I clearly have no answer to that question.
00:14Now it's like where it's going to go on forever.
00:17Is there a storyline that you feel like you haven't covered as extensively as you may this season?
00:25Oh my, that's so hard to say.
00:28You know, the one thing about our writers is that truth is stranger than fiction.
00:34So whatever it is that they can come up with pales in comparison to what in the world is going on in the world.
00:39And I don't know how it is timing-wise that Grey's Anatomy is usually talking about something that is so current in that moment.
00:48And when you think about it, that we shoot this so far in advance, thinking that, well, it'll be over, you know, by the time it airs.
00:55And then when it airs, it's even more relevant than it was when we were shooting.
00:59So that's that, ooh, that angel does sprinkle stuff stuff that we do.
01:05It's really phenomenal.
01:07But, you know, we want to be as straight with our audiences as we can where other people may not talk about things.
01:12We're like, hey, let's talk about it because, you know, things affect all of us.
01:17For sure.
01:18And I know 22 seasons in, it's probably hard to pick a top moment or probably even top five, top ten.
01:24But can you think of maybe a special day on set this past season or maybe this upcoming season that you can tease?
01:30Gosh.
01:31Well, I know in the upcoming season when we get to the second episode, episode, that would be 2202.
01:37That's our 450th episode.
01:39Oh, my God.
01:41What is that?
01:43So that's really exciting.
01:44I think we should go big.
01:45I think there needs to be some fireworks or something going on.
01:48Go big or go home.
01:50What's it like also to be working with Ellen in a partial capacity these days?
01:54It never feels partial, like by the time we shoot.
01:58But I think that's the whole point is that we've established a ship, so to speak, to the point where we can have so many visitors and so many new babies that come in and play.
02:10But there's consistency there.
02:12There's consistency of teaching, consistency of that intern journey to resident, consistency of powers that be.
02:20And so then when Meredith gets a chance to also come on board, it's like, oh, okay, she's a North Star still to our interns, to our residents, just like Bailey is, just like Dr. Richard Weber is, North Stars.
02:34So it's about that consistency.