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Practically 13 years after Katherine Heigl exited Gray’s Anatomy, she is going to quickly reunite with former costar Ellen Pompeo.
The Firefly Lane star, 44, and Pompeo, 53, are set to speak about their lives and careers through the upcoming season of Selection’s “Actors on Actors,” which kicks off on Tuesday, June 6. The outlet introduced on Saturday, Could 27, that the previous Gray’s Anatomy stars can be paired for the interview sequence.
Heigl and the Massachusetts native’s June sit-down will mark their first public reunion in years.
Pompeo and the 27 Attire star have been forged as Dr. Meredith Gray and Dr. Izzie Stevens, respectively, for the Gray’s Anatomy pilot in 2005. After a number of years costarring on the long-running medical hit, Heigl finally introduced her TV departure in 2010. On the time of her exit, the Knocked Up star defined she wished to depart the present to prioritize her household. (Heigl shares daughters Naleigh, 13, and Adelaide, 11, and son Joshua, 6, with husband Josh Kelley.)
“I began a household, and it modified the whole lot,” Heigl stated in an interview revealed in Lynette Rice’s e book The best way to Save a Life: The Inside Story of Gray’s Anatomy. “I went on household go away and simply obtained to be a [mom], and it modified my complete perspective … that was actually the turning level.”
Amid Heigl’s maternity go away and want to take a step again from Gray’s, pressure behind-the-scenes began brewing. The Ugly Fact star had beforehand withdrawn from Emmys consideration as a result of she didn’t assume the “materials” she was given in season 4 was worthy of a nomination, quickly sparking feud hypothesis with present creator and author Shonda Rhimes. The Shondaland founder, 53, confessed on the time that she was “stunned” however not “insulted” by Heigl’s remarks.
“On the time, I used to be simply shortly advised to close the f–ok up. The extra I stated I used to be sorry, the extra they wished it,” Heigl advised the Washington Submit in January 2021. “The extra terrified and scared I used to be of doing one thing unsuitable, the extra I got here throughout like I had actually accomplished one thing horribly unsuitable.”
She added on the time: “I’ll have stated a few stuff you didn’t like, however then that escalated to ‘she’s ungrateful,’ then that escalated to ‘she’s tough,’ and that escalated to ‘she’s unprofessional.’ What’s your definition of inauspicious? Any person with an opinion that you simply don’t like? Now, I’m 42, and that s–t pisses me off.”
Pompeo, for her half, had briefly touched on watching the set drama throughout a 2013 interview with the New York Submit.
“Harm emotions, mixed with prompt success and big paychecks began issues spinning uncontrolled,” the Station 19 producer — who left the present as a full-time forged member throughout 2023’s season 19 — stated on the time. “The crazier issues obtained, as I watched all of the tumult with Isaiah [Washington] after which the Katie factor, I began to give attention to the work.”
She added: “You possibly can perceive why she wished to go — once you’re provided $12 million a film and also you’re solely 26. However Katie’s downside is that she shouldn’t have renewed her contract. She re-upped, took an enormous elevate after which tried to get off the present. After which her film profession didn’t take off.”
Gray’s Anatomy aired its season 19 finale earlier this month and has already been renewed for a landmark season 20. It’s not identified how concerned Pompeo — who made a cameo in final week’s episode — can be within the upcoming episodes.
