Grey’s Anatomy stars Camilla Luddington and Jessica Capshaw have weighed in on Sandra Oh’s possible return to the show.
Luddington and Capshaw host the Call It What It Is podcast, and on Saturday’s episode, they discussed Oh’s recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, where she hinted at reviving her character, Dr. Cristina Yang.
“For the longest time, it has always been a hard no. And it’s just…I don’t know. I just don’t know,” Oh told the outlet in an article published on March 28. “When you finish something, it’s a deep process…I just cannot tell you…I can’t stress to you enough how consciously I tried to fully process leaving.”
She added, “I don’t feel the need to revisit, but I also profoundly understand the audience’s love for this character, because I’ve seen it for the past 10 years. That’s the part that makes me just go, hmmm.”
During the podcast, Capshaw said she heard that Oh “maybe might come back.”
“She’s never said that before,” the Grey’s Anatomy alum said, to which current Grey‘s star Luddington agreed, “No she has not.”
Newsweek reached out to Oh’s representative via email for comment.
“In the past, it’s sort of been, ‘I’ve moved on to new waters,’ and she obviously loves the show so much, but it didn’t seem like there would be a return of Cristina Yang happening anytime soon,” Luddington continued. “And maybe it’s still not happening anytime soon, but the fact that she would be open to it. Because we never really got to work together very much.”
“There was another intern that was always on her service, not Jo Wilson,” the 41-year-old explained, referring to her character on the medical drama.
Oh, 53, was a staple on Grey’s Anatomy from its premiere in 2005 until her departure at the end of season 10 in 2014. Capshaw, meanwhile, played Dr. Arizona Robbins from seasons 5 to 14, briefly returning for season 20, and Luddington joined the series in 2012.
In a 2013 interview with The Hollywood Reporter
“Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go,” she said of Yang at the time. “It’s such an interesting thing to play a character for so long and to actually get the sense that she wants to be let go as well. [Yang] wants to be let go, and I am ready to let her go.”
On Call It What It Is, Capshaw reflected on Oh’s exit.
“She was so dear. The thought she put into writing handwritten notes, and she had these gifts made for everyone,” the 48-year-old said. “She’s such an incredible human.”
“She’s amazing,” Capshaw added. “She raises the game.”
Grey’s Anatomy is currently in its 21st season, and new episodes air on Thursdays on ABC at 10 p.m. ET. It was recently revealed that the show has been renewed for season 22.
