Melissa George Talks Grey’s Anatomy

In a recent interview with Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly, Melissa George answered some questions about her upcoming role on Grey’s Anatomy. It sort of seems like she doesn’t really know any more than we do about what’s to come for her character. Shonda and Co. are keeping a tight lid on the details.

Warning: Spoilerish type things ahead. But mostly a lot of answers that leave you with more questions than anything else.

Onward!

When asked to say more about Sadie (that’s the character’s name), Melissa George stated that she’s “dying to find out more about her because her behavior is so interesting.” Oh?

She adds this:

She’s very close with Meredith; they were best friends. They traveled around the world together. And when Meredith went to work at Seattle Grace, Sadie went to work at a morgue. I’m dying to know why she behaves so recklessly. Anyone who behaves like that has to have a lot of issues.

On the question of sexuality, George says Sadie will “just take anything.” The character “gets a thrill out of shocking people.”

What everyone wants to know – including the actors, apparently – is whether “anything happened” between Sadie and Meredith during their wild world wide treks. No one knows! Perhaps the writers don’t know either. Maybe it was too wild for television.

What’s vaguely evident (if something can be vaguely evident) is that something happened:

There’s a lot of [Mer-Sadie] dialogue like “Don’t tell them what happened!” So, something did happen, but I’m not sure what.They obviously traveled together and were very close. Did they date? Did they not? Did something major happen to them that they swore they’d never discuss? It could be anything.

I’m guessing there was an incident involving bad Mexican food and a rollercoaster. Or am I thinking of a different show?

George guesses she’ll be on the show “for a while,” but adds that she’s “playing it by ear.” In other words, she has no idea how long they’ll keep her on, but she’ll keep on keeping on while they write her lines. So far she’s guaranteed to appear in four episodes, and it doesn’t look like she’s going away any time soon.

Regarding her storyline with Callica, Ausiello wonders which of the two George will be having a thing with, but George has no idea. She doesn’t even know if she’ll be involved with either one:

They haven’t told me, and I’ve been asking them every day, “Which one am I going to be making out with?” Or not! It could be one of the guys. I just said yes to Grey’s Anatomy, the greatest show on TV. I didn’t say, “What do I have to do?” So I’m sort of looking around going, “Which one is going to be my girl or my guy?”

Hey, what about McSteamy? He’s the only one currently unpaired. She sounds like she’d be right up his alley.

What do you think of this whole thing? Do you think Meredith and Sadie had wild times together? Do you care? Do you even care about this storyline?

I admit I’m looking forward to it.

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