It’s the reunion we’ve all been ready for!
Grey’s Anatomy alum Katherine Heigl sat down with Ellen Pompeo in Variety‘s newest Actors on Actors sequence, out on Tuesday, to atone for their careers and the drama that led Katherine to be labeled “difficult” and “unprofessional” in Hollywood.
As you may recall, the actress was blasted after she criticized her personal movie Knocked Up in 2007. At the time, she mentioned it was “a little sexist” and that ladies within the film had been “humorless and uptight.” She went on to complain concerning the 17-hour workday she needed to full at Grey’s earlier than withdrawing her title from Emmy consideration in 2008 as a result of she didn’t assume she’d been “given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination.”
Last 12 months, Ellen broke her silence and at last supported her co-star on an episode of her podcast Tell Me with Ellen Pompeo, noting they had been working “crazy hours” and if Katherine “had said that today, she’d be a complete hero.” But her help was too late. In 2010, Katherine had sufficient and give up the medical drama after starring as OG character Izzie Stevens for the primary six seasons.
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Now, as everyone knows, Ellen was helming the present till this season when she determined to take a step again as Meredith Grey — although she says she is going to nonetheless seem in a a lot smaller capability subsequent season! This is the primary time the ladies have sat down collectively in years to rehash all their historical past — and the dialog didn’t disappoint!
The Firefly Lane star mirrored on her controversial previous, saying:
“I was so naive. I got on my soapbox and I had some things to say, and I felt really passionate about this stuff. I felt really strongly. I felt so strongly that I also got a megaphone out on my soapbox. There was no part of me that imagined a bad reaction. I felt really justified in how I felt about it and where I was coming from.”
She continued:
“It took me a minute to really stop being a victim because of the reaction that I got and tuning out all that noise.”
The 27 Dresses alum went on:
“I’ve spent most of my life — I think most women do — being in that people-pleasing mode. It’s really disconcerting when you feel like you have really displeased everybody. It was not my intention to do so, but I had some things to say, and I didn’t think I was going to get such a strong reaction. I was in my late 20s.”
It wasn’t till she was in her “mid-to-late-30s” that Katherine was capable of “really get back to tuning out all the noise” and ask herself:
“But who are you? Are you this bad person? Are you ungrateful? Are you unprofessional? Are you difficult? Because I was confused! I thought maybe I was. I literally believed that version, and felt such shame for such a long time, and then had to go, ‘Wait. Who am I listening to? I’m not even listening to myself. I know who I am.’”
Ellen then joked that her former co-star was “just a little early” as a result of she may have had her “own megaphone” if she’d simply waited till Twitter got here out. Very true! Everyone’s ranting about all the things nowadays!
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The TV star then urged one purpose Katherine took a lot warmth was that “nobody likes a super confident woman,” citing why “they’re taking away reproductive rights, and voting rights all over this country, is because they don’t want women to find their power.” She elaborated:
“They don’t want women to have a voice. They don’t want women to have control because they know that we can do it better than they can.”
Katherine replied:
“I think for me, I just felt that 40 was freedom because I didn’t have to be the young, sweet, naive, people-pleasing ingénue anymore. I had outgrown it.”
Ellen then teased:
“I don’t know about the ‘sweet’ part. I wouldn’t describe you as sweet. And that’s what people had a problem with. Sweet, they can handle.”
Hah! The 53-year-old additionally identified the very fact the Life As We Know It lead grew up as a baby actor, which means she “grew up on sets, being told what to do, where to go, what to say, what to feel, what to think, what to eat, when to eat, when to sleep.” The Roswell alum had an fascinating tackle this, noting:
“It made life easier. But then you get older, and they expect you to make some choices for yourself. Then Grey’s hit, and the success happened. I think that gave me this confidence that was a false sense of confidence. It was rooted in something that couldn’t and maybe wouldn’t always last for me. So then I started getting real mouthy, because I did have a lot to say, and there were certain boundaries and things that I was not OK with being crossed. I didn’t know how to fight that.”
Elsewhere within the chat, Ellen opened up concerning the iconic “pick me, choose me, love me” scene she filmed with Patrick Dempsey (AKA Dr. Derek Shepherd) in season two when she tries to persuade him to decide on her over Addison Montgomery. When requested if there’s a line of dialogue individuals quote to her on a regular basis, Ellen recalled:
“So, OK, this is a real thing. My daughter and her friends, they sit around and they’re like, ‘Oh, she’s a ‘pick me girl.’”
Katherine was shocked, expressing:
“Oh, my God! Is that what that means?”
Ellen went on:
“Yes. I’m like, ‘What’s a pick me girl?’ They were like, ‘You know, girls who are like, “Pick me, choose me!” And I’m like, ‘Hello?! Do who invented the ”decide me woman”?’”
She then unearthed some behind the scene secrets and techniques, dishing:
“Listen, I don’t know if you remember that I fought that speech so hard. That’s another really interesting thing about life — some things that I was so against, and I was like, ‘I can’t beg a man on TV! This is so embarrassing.’ And then it turns out to be one of the most famous scenes ever.”
Whoa!!
We can’t think about Grey’s with out that scene!!
It’s truthfully so good to listen to the women reminisce so positively regardless of all of the drama. Hear the remainder of their dialog (under)!
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