Longtime Gray’s Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo answered questions from listeners on the most recent episode of her podcast, Inform Me With Ellen Pompeo. When somebody requested her which problem she would really like the progressive medical drama to deal with subsequent, she was candid.
“This can be a difficult query to reply,” Pompeo mentioned, “as a result of the reality is we have coated lots of essential matters… I believe if I had any need, actually, it will be to be much less form of preachy in a single episode about sure issues.”
The Shonda Rimes created and produced ABC present — on which Pompeo can also be a producer — has tackled difficult topics, together with police brutality, immigration, abortion, racism, opioid dependancy and way more, in its 18 seasons.
“It is like, we do one episode about… let’s see, Asian hate crimes is one which we did this previous season that was actually shifting,” Pompeo mentioned. “I believe I might prefer to see issues occur a little bit extra subtly and over time. You understand, constantly, and fewer form of hit-you-over-the head with it for only one hour after which we by no means discuss it once more. I want we might form of contact on these social points which can be essential and related and form of have them be threads all through.”
The Los Angeles Occasions confirmed Wednesday that Pompeo will seem in simply eight episodes of the upcoming season, though she’ll proceed as narrator and government producer on every installment. (The previous couple of seasons had between 17 and 25 episodes.)
Pompeo has minimize her hours on the Emmy winner so she will produce and star in an eight-episode true crime sequence for Hulu, which, in line with Deadline, is at present being referred to as the Untitled Orphan Venture. It is based mostly on the weird story of a pair who adopted what they thought was a little bit lady with dwarfism however who they later alleged was a lot older and had tried to kill them.