“Grey’s Anatomy” Star Sarah Drew Says April Was Originally Planned to Sleep with Mark Sloan

The actress also revealed that she was offered the role of the woman George saved from the bus.

Sarah Drew is reflecting on her time in Grey’s Anatomy.

The actress, who played April Kepner in more than 200 episodes of the long-running medical drama, recently reunited with her former co-stars Jessica Capshaw and Camilla Luddington at her Call it what it is podcast. When asked about her time in GrayDrew divulged some secrets, including the fact that at one point, April was programmed to sleep with Mark Sloan (Eric Dane).

When Luddington asked, “Who do you think would be the worst love interest for April Kepner?” Drew responded, “Sloan,” referring to none other than the plastic surgeon better known as McSteamy. And it reminded Drew of a “funny story.”

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“Before they make my character love Jesus and a virgin, there’s a scene where Sloan and Reed (Nora Zehetner) have sex, a random one-night stand. said, “April was supposed to have some random episode with Sloan and it was in the original production draft (of the script), and then they changed it. I had nothing to do with it, but then they changed their mind.”

Good thing they changed their minds because April would later enter one of the show’s most beloved couples, with Jackson (Jesse Williams), and we’re not sure how he would feel about her sleeping with his mentor.

On the podcast, Drew also talked about the beginning of his journey with Grayrevealing that she was originally offered the role of the woman George (TR Knight) died saving in the season 5 finale. But when scheduling issues prevented her from playing that role – which was then played by Shannon Lucio – she later got the opportunity to play April Kepner, although at first it was only a two-episode offer.

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“I came in to get fired,” Drew said of her character’s original Season 6 arc. But as fans know, Kepner’s firing was just the beginning of his story. Hunt (Kevin McKidd) would later bring her back to the show and give her a second chance.

Drew was then a series regular on the drama until she said she was “fired”, along with Capshaw, when the two left at the end of season 14. Since then, Drew has returned to the series for two episodes, one in season 17 and one in season 17. season 18, while Capshaw reprized her role as Arizona in season 20. From the discussion on the podcast, it appears that both actresses would be open to more time in the hospital should the opportunity present itself.

Listen in full Call it what it is episode above.

Read the original article in Entertainment Weekly.