Grey’s Anatomy
Grey ’s Anatomydebuted on ABC in 2005 with Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey leading the mold of Seattle surgeons . But how would the hit medical dramatic play serial look dissimilar if it were made in the 1990s ? The asterisk would probably be made up of figure full-grown and little , and have a lot of similarity between the actor whom the roles eventually croak to .
FromFriends ' Jennifer Aniston toFelicity ’s Keri Russell , Grey’sin the ' 90s would have likely had a cast of younger stars at the forefront and would ’ve capitalized on having client stars that are also Brobdingnagian movie stars like Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe . With this cast , the show would ’ve still been a hitting , but maybe not as successful and long - lasting as the 2000s version .
Addison Montgomery - Nicole Kidman
Derek Shepherd ’s secretly estranged wife and fellow Dr. Addison Montogomery ’s impact would ’ve been the same jaw - dropping shocker in the ' 90s as it was in 2005 , which is why the actor toy her would need to be just as remarkable as Kate Walsh .
Nicole Kidman was becoming a big film mavin in the ' ninety with films likeFar and AwayandTo Die Forand had the same fiery carmine hair as the Addison fan sleep with and love . Both she and Walsh are tall and captivate any CRT screen they come out on , which would make her the perfect Addison Montgomery .
Preston Burke - Denzel Washington
Preston Burke ’s kinship with Cristina Yang was just as of import to the first season ofGrey ’s Anatomyas the show ’s serious couple , Derek and Meredith . In parliamentary procedure for it to maintain its grandness in the ' 90 , Burke would have needed to be dally by someone handsome , mysterious , and amorous .
Denzel Washington was gaining pic star status in the 1990s and would ’ve been highly sought after to asterisk in the ABC series . He would ’ve brought a charm to Burke that did n’t exist before and could ’ve potentially made the Cristina / Burke kinship more popular than that of Derek and Meredith ’s .
Richard Webber - James Avery
Richard Webber has been on the show since the first episode and persist a chief grapheme to this daylight . Due to his family relationship with Meredith ’s mother , Ellis provide many storyline and twists throughout the series , as did his role as Chief of Surgery at Seattle Grace .
Casting a Richard as great as James Pickens Jr. would have been a hard task , butThe Fresh Prince of Bel - Airpatriarch James Avery would ’ve fit the role very well in the ' 90 . Avery ’s character of Uncle Phil on the pop Will Smith situation comedy had substantial similarities to that of Richard Webber , as both acted as surrogate fathers to the titular fibre of the series .
Mark Sloan - Ethan Hawke
disgorge the perfect 1990s Mark Sloan would have been hard because whoever played the role would call for to have the perfect balance of bumptiousness and lovability . No matter what the era , not a stack of actors can pull this combining off without appearing to be unlikable and , worse , uninteresting to catch .
Though Ethan Hawke would n’t be that much older than the rest of the doer on the show , making it difficult for him to have the same age difference that Eric Dane had in the 2000s , he would be a brilliant Mark merely due to his attitude and charm . Almost every fibre Hawke plays is a loveable knave , and Mark would be no exception .
Lexie Grey - Keri Russell
Lexie Grey was the doe - eye , kindhearted immature baby of Meredith Grey and was inclose as a main character in the quaternary time of year of the show . Lexie would ’ve been toy by someone who look youthful and naive , but really had a fast learning ability to them .
Keri Russell would have fit out the role perfectly since her piece of work onFelicitydemanded a similar blend of tidings and conservative rawness . In improver , Russell and Jennifer Aniston , the ' 90 Meredith Grey , look enough alike that it would be easy to believe they are sister .
Miranda Bailey - Lisa Bonet
Miranda Bailey has been an built-in part ofGrey ’s Anatomy’ssuccess since the archetype episode . Her speech to the medical intern explain her five dominion set the tone of the show , and she has continue one of the best characters all these age afterwards .
Like Chandra Wilson , Lisa Bonet had a physical body minor enough to not immediately seem intimidating , but the arcminute she would open her mouth she would dominate whatever elbow room she was in . Bailey ’s forcefulness comes in her ability to pass , and Bonet would have steer the ' XC interns in the veracious direction .
George O’Malley - Paul Rudd
George O’Malley was the dorkiest of the original houseman who becameone ofGrey ’s Anatomy ’s undecomposed doctors . T.R. Knight did a great problem playing him for the first five season because he was able to gain sympathy from the audience even when George was in the wrong ; that ’s how likeable he was .
Paul Rudd ’s cockamamie deportment and general likability would have made him the perfect George . His unrequited love life for Meredith needed to be adorable rather than heroic , and as he display inClueless , Rudd could have done that well through his kind eyes and patrician conduct .
Izzie Stevens - Gwenyth Paltrow
Izzie Stevens is aGrey ’s Anatomycharacter that fans sleep with to hate . Her exit was one of the worst the show has realize , and she stay on to get called out to this Clarence Shepard Day Jr. because of how Alex Karev ’s end imply her type , despite not being on the show for nearly ten years .
Whoever played Izzie in the ' 90s would ’ve had to have Katherine Heigl ’s confidence and a alike statuesque flavour since she was labeled as " Doctor Model " in the first season . Gwenyth Paltrow would ’ve been perfectly beseem for the use with her no - trumpery demeanor and substantial moral conviction , both of which made Izzie support out in the early year of the show .
Alex Karev - Brad Pitt
Justin Chambers made Alex Karev lovabledespite how mean - gritty he was at first . hearing extremity had to warm up up to his case but finally happen themselves gush over him and root for his mirthfully ever after .
The only actor that would be capable to take out that off in the ' 90s would have been Brad Pitt , who frequently act a bad boy with a affection of gold in films likeThelma & Louise . Both Pitt and Chambers even have a similar look in the way they smile and are both able-bodied to convey so much with just a common sense of unhappiness and vulnerability in their eyes .
Cristina Yang - Lucy Liu
Before she was in the film version ofCharlie ’s Angels , Lucy Liu star in the television receiver seriesAlly McBealand could ’ve been the 1990s interpretation of Meredith Grey ’s sound friend and everyone ’s favorite cardio doctor , Cristina Yang . Sandra Oh ’s depicting of Cristina was perfect because of how keen yet vulnerable she made her out to be . Liu would ’ve done the occupation fantastically if the series were made ten years prior . Oh ’s starring role on the show was huge for Asian American histrionics on television , and it should have been preserved with the casting of the brilliant Liu in the ' 90s .
