Grey's Anatomy star Camilla Luddington has shared insight into the upcoming season of the hit medical drama series, saying the script has her "shooketh."
Luddington is a British actor who plays Dr. Josephine "Jo" Wilson in the ABC series, having joined the cast in 2012. She hosts the podcast Call It What It Is alongside her friend and former Grey's Anatomy star Jessica Capshaw. Capshaw became a regular on the medical drama as pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins. After starring in 11 seasons of the show, she left in March 2018.
Although Luddington and Capshaw's characters weren't close on Grey's Anatomy, the pair became best friends off screen. Now the two women discuss their lives and share interesting stories on their podcast, which was launched in June.
During the episode titled "Call It One Wild Night" released on July 29, Luddington revealed that she was about to start filming season 21 of the hospital drama.
Newsweek emailed a spokesperson for Luddington for comment on Monday.
"I was thinking this morning, when I looked at what time of year we were in, that when I was on Grey's Anatomy this was around the time that I would be going back to work for that first episode of season fill-in-the-blank. So is that happening?" Capshaw asked.
"I'm glad you asked. It's funny you say this because, I woke up this morning, scrolled through my phone and there it was, sitting in my inbox, the premier episode script of Grey's Anatomy season 21," Luddington said. "And you know what's so funny and you know this Jess, we never know what's going to happen. We are not given a heads up so I was reading the script in bed this morning and I was shooketh."
Luddington then asked whether people were still saying "shooketh," to which Capshaw said she had only heard the word "shook."
Luddington continued: "Anyway that's how I felt. I was shooketh I was amazed and yeah, we're going back next week, I actually have a table read tomorrow."
When Capshaw asked whether she should just turn up at the table read with Luddington, the actor responded: "I think you should. By the way, Jessica is so loved that you could show up and they would probably give you my seat, they'd be like 'Get up, get up, give her your seat for God's sake.'
"Um no, we're—yes! I'm back in scrubs very soon which is why it feels like the end of the summer to me, even though it's not the end of the summer. But you're right, this is the time of year."
The podcast is described as a "friendship circle" where the actors try to help listeners with their troubles and open up about their own lives. In a previous episode, Capshaw talked about the "deep sadness" she felt following a miscarriage after a listener wrote to the podcast and asked whether she should have a third baby.
"I think that the answer is that it's a very personal answer," Capshaw said, adding that you have to be "really, really in touch and really, really honest with yourself and with your partner."
She continued: "For me, I came from a big family, so I think that it was very natural and I didn't feel overwhelmed."
Capshaw, who has also starred in the legal drama series The Practice, is the daughter of artist and actor Kate Capshaw, who is married to director Steven Spielberg. She is a mom to Luke, 16, Eve, 13, Poppy, 12, and Josephine, 8, who she shares with husband and entrepreneur Christopher Gavigan.
The actor eventually opened up about a miscarriage she had when Eve was 10 months old.
"I got pregnant and I was so excited and I had never had any issues before getting pregnant. I was very lucky and I'm very grateful. And then all of a sudden, at my 10-week appointment, [I] went in for the ultrasound, was by myself, totally unsuspecting, and there was no heartbeat," Capshaw said, describing it as a "horrible" situation.
The actor went on to say it was "the most shocking and deeply, deeply sad thing."
However, she described feeling "very, very fortunate" to have such a "compassionate" doctor and praised her husband for his support.
"And then you know, life carried on, and I had a chance to take care of myself and my body and my relationship and my other children, and it was really incredible," Capshaw added.
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