Grey’s Anatomy
Ellen Pompeo had a heated argument with manager Denzel Washington on the set ofGrey ’s Anatomyin 2016 . Pompeo star as Dr. Meredith Grey in the long - running medical drama , which is currently about to debut its eighteenth season . The show was created by Shonda Rhimes and began its discharge in 2005 on ABC . It has hosted a number of stars throughout its tally , from Pompeo to Sandra Ohto Patrick Dempseyto Katherine Heigl and more , making it a launch pad for many up - and - coming and established names in the industry .
Pompeo has been on the show since the beginning , score it her primary career rolesince stick her starting in motion picture likeDaredevil , Catch Me If you could , andOld School . Pompeo ’s character is competently named after the show ’s title , which is a Riffian on the first human anatomy text published in the recent 1800s . The actress has dabbled in directing the show herself in the yesteryear , having directed two episode between 2017 and 2018 .
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While filming an episode of the 12th season , according to a tarradiddle she told on her podcast , Tell Me with Ellen Pompeo(viaE ! Online ) , Pompeo get into a heated up literary argument with none other than Denzel Washington , who was directing the episode entitled " The Sound of Silence . " During the scene in interrogation , Pompeo improvised a line of dialogue , telling another character , " await at me when you apologize . count at me . " Washington intervened , say to Pompeo , " I ’m the music director . Do n’t you state him what to do . " This prompt Pompeo to cry back at Denzel , " Listen , motherf – ker , this is my show . This is my set . Who are you telling ? " The heated up exchange was cooled , however , and the two got along afterwards .
" So , we did n’t get through it without a fight , but that ’s actor for you . Passionate and torrid and that ’s where you get the magic trick , and that ’s where you get the just material . So , it was an amazing experience , it really was . "
With that tell , Pompeo consider the experience and the episode with Washington fondly , say , " He ’s just one of the best to ever do it . " Washington is no unknown to directing , having madeAntwone Fisher , The Great Debaters , andFences , and is set to debut the Michael B. Jordan starringA Journal For Jordanlater this twelvemonth . As an actor , Washington recently appeared in the WB thrillerThe Little Things , and his next gig is playingMacbeth in Joel Coen’sThe Tragedy of Macbeth .
Actors and manager having heated arguments on set is nothing young and for certain not something that will ever go away . The originative outgrowth can be a tricky one and disagreement , creative or otherwise , will always arise . Still , when it comes to actors target actors , there seems to be a better understanding and common ground that can be incur a little easier when those consequence arise . For Pompeo , the literary argument may well resume as she give toGrey ’s Anatomyseason 18 , which kicks off September 30th , 2021 .
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Source : Tell Me with Ellen Pompeo / E ! Online
