{"id":33620,"date":"2023-06-07T09:24:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T07:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1841761"},"modified":"2023-06-08T01:52:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T23:52:51","slug":"ellen-pompeo-clarifies-her-future-on-greys-anatomy-as-meredith","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ellen-pompeo-clarifies-her-future-on-greys-anatomy-as-meredith\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Pompeo clarifies her future on Grey\u2019s Anatomy as Meredith"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actress Ellen Pompeo has confirmed whether we have seen the last of Dr Meredith Grey or not. <\/p>

By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 07 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

\n\n

Ellen Pompeo has clarified her future on Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/a> as her iconic character Dr Meredith Grey.<\/p>\n

The star of the long-running hit medical drama stepped down from a regular role in the series in the nineteenth season in what was billed as Pompeo\u2019s exit from the show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, now speaking with former co-star Katherine Heigl in the Variety series Actors on Actors<\/a>, Pompeo discussed whether she could leave the character of Meredith behind.<\/p>\n

Pompeo responded: \u201cOh no, I\u2019ve been on the show so long, I\u2019m happy to let that go. We\u2019re past that point. I think it\u2019s okay for Meredith to stop making bad decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my frustrations is the Nick and Meredith of it all. Scott Speedman plays Meredith\u2019s love interest, Nick Marsh \u2013 and I love Speedman. Somehow, Meredith can\u2019t figure out how to make a relationship work -still \u2013 after all this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\nThe pair\u2019s characters had a romantic reconciliation in the finale so perhaps Meredith has had her happy ending.<\/p>\nPompeo said on Meredith\u2019s exit from Seattle: \u201cI felt so happy to be able to step away and I felt like I accomplished something incredible.\u201d<\/p>\nHowever, the actress did confirm that this was not a complete goodbye to the character nor a \u201clast day on set\u201d for her.<\/p> \u2018It\u2019s a little bit of trickery because I\u2019m not completely gone, I am in the finale [of season 19],\u201d teased Pompeo. \u201cActually, the storyline is very cool. I don\u2019t want to give too much away, but there\u2019s a lot of real research that\u2019s changing very rapidly about Alzheimer\u2019s disease and about what they believe is the cause of Alzheimer\u2019s disease. It\u2019s pretty controversial.<\/p>\n\u201cSo Meredith\u2019s character left to go to Boston because her daughter needed to go to a special school and Jesse Williams\u2019 character Jackson lives in Boston and he offered her a job to work at that hospital and do research.\u201d<\/p>\nShe then added: \u201cI will be making some appearances hopefully next year if I can find some time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\""image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\""padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/1664880007-0f7016c.jpg?webp=true&quality=90&crop=16px%2C23px%2C2967px%2C1977px&resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(max-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/1664880007-0f7016c.jpg?quality=90&crop=16px%2C23px%2C2967px%2C1977px&resize=299%2C199,\" 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type=\""image\/webp"\"><source media=\""(min-width:\" data-srcset=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/1664880007-0f7016c.jpg?quality=90&crop=16px%2C23px%2C2967px%2C1977px&resize=555%2C370,\" https:=\"\" type=\""image\/jpeg"\"><img data-crop-width=\""2967"\" data-crop-height=\""1977"\" class=\""wp-image-1789694\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/1664880007-0f7016c.jpg?quality=90&crop=16px%2C23px%2C2967px%2C1977px&resize=620%2C413"\" width=\""620"\" height=\""413"\" alt=\""Ellen\" pompeo=\"\" as=\"\" dr=\"\" meredith=\"\" grey=\"\" title=\""ELLEN\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\""caption-hold"\"><figcaption class=\""wp-caption-text"\"> Ellen Pompeo as Dr Meredith Grey in Grey\u2019s Anatomy season 19.<\/span><\/figcaption> ABC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\nThe actress is set to star in a Hulu limited series titled The Orphan \u2013 her first new role outside of Grey\u2019s in 18 years.<\/p>\nOn the subject of Meredith, however, Pompeo concluded: \u201cNo, it\u2019s not a complete goodbye and I think we\u2019ve got an interesting story to tell. I certainly think it\u2019s pretty fascinating, the medical piece of it is pretty fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\nFans can expect Pompeo to continue to provide the voiceover on the show and she still remains on board as an executive producer too.<\/p>\nGrey\u2019s Anatomy seasons 1 to 19 are available to stream on Disney Plus\u00a0<\/strong>now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1652592&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener noopener noreferrer\" sponsored=\"\">sign up to Disney Plus for \u00a37.99 a month or \u00a379.90 a year<\/a> now.<\/strong><\/p>\nCheck out more of our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">Drama<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\nTry Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\""http:\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article"\" href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. 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