The actress says the awkwardness was so clear that they had to reshoot it.
Knight’s George O' Malley.
“We had to reshoot it and do it twice.”
Ellen Pompeo on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Credit:Liliane Lathan/ABC via Getty
Some of that awkwardness was by design.
“I’ve never watched that scene,” Pompeo admitted.
“I’ve never seen it.
T.R. Knight and Ellen Pompeo on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Vivian Zink/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Another scene she objected to has taken on a life of its own, more than a decade later.
But she said series creatorShonda Rhimeswas right for intuiting how hard the line would hit its audience.
“I was like, ‘Why would I do this?
T.R. Knight and Ellen Pompeo in ‘Grey’s Anatomy’.Richard Cartwright/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Why would I beg?
Why would I?'”
“And you know, you have to just suck it up and do it.
And it ended up being the biggest thing ever, the most iconic thing ever.”
Pompeo wasn’t the only one who gave Rhimes pushback.
In fact,she had a huge fight with the series creatorafter the idea was pitched.
“I was like, ‘No!
Everybody will hate us,'” Vernoff recalled during a special 2020 panel forVariety.
It’s not always about being likable it’s about entertainment.'”
Watch Pompeo’s fullCall Her Daddyconversation above.
