16. Patrick thought Shonda hated his audition
Patrick Dempsey was sure he hadn’t got the part after he auditioned, believing that Shonda Rhimes had been unimpressed with his performance.
Stone-cold
Reportedly, Shonda had a ‘stone-cold’ expression throughout the audition which unnerved him to no end.
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In an interview with Manhatten magazine, he described the experience:
‘At first I thought [Shonda] hated me, but she was calculating in her head where to put me and what I’d be right for.’
17. The idea for the show was developed by shaving legs
Excuse me?
In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Shona Rhimes explained how the idea for Grey’s Anatomy was developed by the smallest and most random thing.
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She told Oprah that:
‘…The idea for the series began when a doctor told me it was incredibly hard to shave her legs in the hospital shower. At first that seemed like a silly detail. But then I thought about the fact that it was the only time and place this woman might have to shave her legs.’
18. Real surgeons are used in surgery scenes
Jim Parriott, executive producer on the show, explained that what you see as a viewer is actually real:
‘We have a really terrific medical producer, Linda Klein, who stages these operations and brings in real surgeons so the handwork you see a lot of the time is a real surgeon tying a knot.’
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