Katherine Heigl & Ellen Pompeo's Reunion
Katherine Heigl and her former co-star Ellen Pompeo, recently reunited for Variety’s Actors On Actors series, reflecting on their days together in the ABC medical drama Grey’s Anatomy. The highly anticipated discussion was released June 6 on Variety’s website and YouTube channel, and subsequently broadcast on PBS.
Actors On Actors is known for its candid discussions and unique perspective, as the guests interview each other about their craft, their roles, and their experiences in the industry. The conversations often delve into the actors’ processes, the challenges they’ve faced, their inspirations, and their views on current trends in the industry. This format allows for a deep exploration of the art of acting from those who are immersed in it, offering viewers an insider’s perspective on the world of film and television.
Grey’s Anatomy premiered as a midseason replacement in 2005 — after ABC executives considered not airing the show at all — and went on to redefine pop culture. When the show became an overnight sensation, Heigl and Pompeo were launched into the stratosphere of fame together, and while the Shonda Rhimes-created series revolutionized television, with women and actors of color leading the show, the sudden, sometimes toxic attention — as well as spending those long days and nights on the infamously grueling set during the early years — taught both of them hard-won lessons. “If you cannot stand up for yourself in this industry, very few people will stand up for you,” Heigl says to Pompeo. “So you’d better learn how to, and you’d better be OK with them not liking you for it. ”
Their time together on Grey’s Anatomy also created a bond that’s lasted to this day. Pompeo has been the still-popular drama’s mainstay, through her character, Meredith Grey, while Katherine left Grey’s Anatomy in its sixth season in 2010, taking her fan-favorite character Izzie Stevens with her. Her hit Netflix drama Firefly Lane, in which she played talk show host Tully Hart, recently wrapped, concluding the adaptation of the best-selling Kristin Hannah novel.
During their conversation, the two actors laugh about how young the rabid fan base of the medical drama is these days, discuss what they’ve learned over the years and bolster each other — like old friends do.
Visit Variety for more highlights from the candid interview, or watch the full 55 minute interview above on YouTube.
I’m from Morocco and I send my deep love to you Katherine Heigl. Today I’m 26, and I have been a big fan of you since I was 12 when I saw you for the first time in Grey’s Anatomy. Then I started to whatch all your amazing movies : Knocked up, 27 dresses, Life as we know it, The ugly truth, …. and the last one “Fear of rain”. I kind of grew up watching you and you kind of …. raised me xD. This discussion in Actors on Actors made me feel so nostalgic.
You are and you have always been my favorite Hollywood actress. Acting is something you have been doing forever that’s why you are unic and so real in your way of acting. Aloso, you are so beautiful, especially now in your foorties, you are more beautiful than ever. It’s like all the maturity you have reached, thanks to all the difficult life experiences you have been through, is reflected in your shiny face and that deep look in your eyes. I noticed and I felt that in “Firefly Lane” where you gave a masturful performance playing Tully Hart. No one can play it as you did. You just made me fall in love with her and made me remember that Heigl is THE BEST. I was so so trilled to see you in this succesful show and I hope to see you again in more and more succefful shows and movies.
Love you so much.
Sorry for the spelling mistakes !!!! :/
Our Universe reflects the sheer perfection in all its exquisite beauty, at every single turn. You are that beauty personified Ms KH. Stunning at every angle, in every light, you do not simply reflect Universal beauty, you are the definition of it. Peace, Love and continued prosperity to you and yours dear Katherine.
You are as beautiful as ever. I saw you first in the LOVE COMES SOFTLY SERIES.