Gray’s Anatomy‘s Kim Raver received one other probability to direct an episode of the hit ABC collection — with every thing from Ellen Pompeo and Scott Speedman‘s return to a shock cliffhanger.
“I simply find it irresistible. I really feel so lucky that I’ve the unimaginable Debbie Allen as my mentor and that each time I get to direct one other episode, I be taught extra,” Raver, 56, who performs Teddy, solely informed Us Weekly forward of her newest episode, which airs Thursday, January 22. “I’ve an unimaginable crew and this solid is wonderful.”
The episode, titled “Lucky Son,” follows Richard (James Pickens Jr.) as he “continues to navigate his well being.” In the meantime, Meredith (Pompeo) and Nick (Speedman) are visited by Nick’s estranged sister from Boston.
“I received to essentially, actually dive into [the main three characters for this episode] after which the interns. Particularly with James Pickens Jr.], he has come out publicly that he has managed prostate most cancers. This story line follows Richard — he’s susceptible and tells this story. The viewers goes to be riveted and moved,” Raver teased. “And there’s additionally a cliffhanger. I feel that’s going to be actually stunning as a result of it’s nice. We love a cliffhanger.”
Raver continued: “Ellen is unimaginable and her and Scott — their chemistry and their story line is simply nice. The viewers can be simply going to be actually taken by their story. I really like with the ability to go every single day and be capable of inform these tales from a director’s perspective.”
The actress expressed gratitude for the chance after being on the present since season 6.
“Every story line leaves us with that quintessential Gray’s Anatomy vibes the place you’re crying, laughing and the residents are so good. There’s a whole lot of shenanigans happening with them. It’s a very thrilling episode,” she continued. “I really feel like each time I direct a brand new episode of Gray’s, there are extra issues [I learn] as a result of there’s a distinct format or a distinct solution to shoot it.”
Raver mirrored on the training curve, including, “However I feel perhaps my confidence in how I need to inform this story and the place I need to put the cameras [has gotten better]. TV strikes so quick, so I really feel just like the extra I do, the extra snug I’m with the pace that you must undergo it. I’m simply getting increasingly more snug with the craft of it, which permits me to then actually benefit from the course of.”
Raver additionally teased what Gray’s Anatomy followers can anticipate from the remainder of season 22. “A few scripts got here in [recently] and I used to be like, ‘Oh, my God.’ It will get messy and it’s so Gray’s Anatomy. I simply find it irresistible a lot,” she teased.
She concluded: “We’re all studying what’s taking place [during a table read], and I find it irresistible. A few of us are in scrubs, a few of us are in our road garments. Then after we discover out the data, it’s a shock and a shock to all of us. We’re just like the viewers, too, after which we have a look at one another like, ‘That is actually taking place.’”
Gray’s Anatomy returns to ABC Thursday, January 8, at 10 p.m. ET and streams the subsequent day on Hulu.
