Grey’s Anatomy: “It was chaos!” This plot of season 18 postponed because of the birth of Kelly McCreary

This Wednesday, April 12 marks the return to TF1 of Grey’s Anatomywith the broadcast of the last unreleased episodes of season 18. A special season for the actors…

After a (long) year of absence, they are back! This Wednesday, April 12, TF1 resumes broadcasting the end of season 18 of Grey’s Anatomy, interrupted in 2022. Viewers will therefore finally discover what will happen to the “Webber method” decried by some, but also if Meredith Gray (Ellen Pompeo) will leave the hospital which saw him grow up, to move to Minnesota and follow Nick (Scott Speedman). For his part, Owen (Kevin McKidd) is on a slippery slope, while Winston (Anthony Hill) sees his brother Wendell taking up more and more space…

Grey’s Anatomy: Winston sees his little brother come back… to his great dismay

It was during episode 14 of season 18 that the husband of Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary) saw his little brother come back into his life. And the least we can say is that Dr. Ndugu was not necessarily delighted. A plot that allows you to know a little more about the character played by Anthony Hill, and which should have seen the light of day from the start of the season, as the actor confided. Only here: in the meantime, Kelly McCreary has … given birth to her first child earlier than expected! A birth that upset the production plans.

“It was chaos!” : Why Kelly McCreary’s Absence Has Upset Production Plans

In an interview with the site A Book Of, Anthony Hill explains: “Probably the most memorable moment for me so far is shooting half of the second episode of season 18 with Kelly McCreary, then going on maternity leave with the half of the unfinished episode, so the producers decided to reshoot everything Kelly had shot, and give me her arc and dialogue, so I worked every day, including over the weekend, for two weeks in a row to get it all boxed up, just in time for it to air on TV!” remembers the actor, who adds: “It was crazy. It was chaos. But I grew enormously as an actor with this experience.”

“The producers rewrote everything!”

Maternity leave which also turned the scenario upside down, according to Anthony Hill. To the American media Popternative, he confided that a plot in particular had been shifted: the one concerning … the brother of Winston. “The producers said to themselves that this plot could – and should – wait for its return. They wanted it to be part of it. So they rewrote, changed their plans, so that in the end Winston’s little brother would only arrive. later in the season.” A plot whose sequel will be offered this Wednesday, April 12, on TF1.