Will Grey’s Anatomy season 15 introduce a new character or two?
This is something that we certainly should have in our mind entering the hiatus. As a matter of fact, we should go ahead and consider seeing new faces as close to a sure thing. As the vast majority of you probably know, Sarah Drew and Jessica Capshaw are gone from the series. To go along with that, we also said goodbye to Martin Henderson early in season 14. While we did eventually end up meeting some other additions to the show, at least in the form of the interns, there still seems to be room for more. We say that even with the knowledge that Kim Raver is coming back for another season as Teddy full time.
So what sort of options does Grey’s Anatomy have moving further into season 15? Well, actually quite a few. One of the easiest possibilities that is out there is potentially bringing on board Scott Speedman as Doctor Nick Mars, a character we met briefly during season 14 in a really great episode for Ellen Pompeo. It was clear that Meredith and Nick had some sort of chemistry and it could be fun to explore that further in the right setting. To go along with that, there have certainly been rumors out there surrounding the future of Speedman on his TNT series Animal Kingdom. This is something to think about when you discuss the potential return for Nick on Grey’s Anatomy.
Beyond just Nick, we imagine that there are plenty of other interesting opportunities to explore when it comes to some assorted new faces. One of the things that any writer or showrunner wants to do is figure out a way to bring in people who they have not had an opportunity to write about before. With Grey’s Anatomy this past season we had that in a couple of different ways with the interns, as we saw everything from transgender issues to DACA discussed. We would expect this trend to continue, at least in the sense of finding people who have new perspectives and are going to cause some discussion and debate. We don’t imagine the producers being altogether interested in finding someone who is just a new Arizona or a new April. They’re impossible to replace and beyond that, can you imagine what would happen to those poor actors if the producers did something like that? They would be put in an almost impossible position from the start, especially since it will be difficult to win over fans after they lost people they care about so much.
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