It was a moment fans were looking forward to after it was teased in the season trailer.
“Well, it was my idea.
It was totally my idea,” Allen told THR.
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Further adding:
“I worked so closely with our showrunner, Meg Marinis.
And we were kind of picking up where we left off last season, where I had fired everybody.
I was on one.
A high-intensity medical drama which follows Meredith Grey and the team of doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial, who are faced with life-or-death decisions on a daily basis. They seek comfort from one another, and, at times, more than just friendship. Together they discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white.
And, so, she said, Well, I was thinking of her having this inspiring speech.
And she hesitated because nobody wants to slap me.
How does that happen?
It was really fun shooting and Miss Chandra Wilson also did not want to slap me.
I guess its a meme right now.”
And she cares about the foundation.
She cares about women.
And she cares about science.
But she wants things to be done with integrity.
But she is not sharing that.
You have compassion for this character.
You kind of love her for her strength."
Grey’s AnatomySeason 21 airs on Thursdays at 10/9c on ABC with past seasons available to stream on Hulu.
They seek comfort from one another, and, at times, more than just friendship.
Together they discover that neither medicine nor relationships can be defined in black and white.