Grey’s Anatomy season 14: Scott Speedman joins; is he leaving Animal Kingdom?
Speedman’s casting was reported by Deadline, and it’s worth noting at the moment that he is a regular as Baz over on TNT’s Animal Kingdom. It’s a little bit surprising to see a major star of another show appearing elsewhere, so there may be a little something more to this news than it first appears.
The aforementioned site notes that Speedman is planning to return to Animal Kingdom for at least part of the upcoming third season, but it may be to just wrap up his story there before moving on. At the moment, signs point to him leaving — his character’s fate was left up in the air at the end of season 2, but if the actor returns in some capacity, his eventual exit could be unrelated to that.
As for Speedman’s role on Grey’s Anatomy, in true Shondaland fashion details are being kept under wraps. We do think there is a hole on the series at the moment for a male cast member following the departure of Martin Henderson earlier this year; if this role turns out to be popular, it’s very well possible that Speedman ends up filling this void. We know that Grey’s Anatomy feels like it has around a zillion cast members including all the interns, but hospitals have big staffs! Also, we feel like the series likes things this way so that all of its longtime cast members don’t have the burden of carrying the load of the entire series.
Be prepared to see Speedman first turn up on the other side of the show’s Olympic hiatus.
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