Chandra Wilson not ready to leave 'Grey's Anatomy', says she is 'challenging' herself to 'be there'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: America's favorite medical drama television series 'Grey's Anatomy' features Chandra Wilson, who has recently revealed that she isn't prepared to bid the show farewell. Since cast members Ellen Pompeo and Kelly McCreary have stepped down from the ABC medical drama, the 53-year-old actress confidentially discussed her future on the show at the 'Grey's Anatomy' PaleyFest event on Sunday.
She used to say, "I'll be there until the very, very end, and it can't go that much longer, right?" Wilson, who already portrayed Dr Miranda Bailey from the show's first episode in 2005, explained, "And then we keep going." "For now, I'm challenging myself to be there until the very last episode, the very last day, the very last scene," she said, according to PEOPLE.
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"She said it, so now 'I have to go there'," she continued. Wilson also hinted at Bailey's next developments. Bailey, who returned to the hospital on this season of 'Grey's Anatomy'. has been having trouble juggling her professional and personal responsibilities. She is going to experience something that will put her to the test as a professional, a surgeon, a wife, and a mother, She spoke. "And it's yet another illustration of the many balls women specifically have to juggle while trying to maintain composure."
Wilson wants to stay on the hit series
Wilson decided to stay on the popular show despite McCreary announcing her departure from 'Grey's Anatomy' last month. The show was recently approved for a 20th season, according to Variety. On March 17, Kelly McCreary expressed her thanks for the past 9 seasons of 'Grey's on Instagram.
On March 17, McCreary expressed her thanks for all nine seasons of 'Grey's on Instagram. She further captioned, "9 seasons, 200 episodes, scores of heroic surgeries, countless brave patients, dozens of delightful sister house scenes, 1 episode with my real-life sister, some loss and some grief, a few ghostly visitations from mothers, a handful of boyfriends, 2 gorgeous weddings, a bunch of drunken emotional breakdowns, 1 high-speed chase, several awkward dinner parties, 1 punch taken (1 punch thrown), at least 1 pratfall, buckets of tears, innumerable fits of laughter, all the medical jargon mastered, a slew of friends for life, myriad collaborators who grew me as an artist, 1 grateful heart and 1 massive THANK YOU."
'Grey's Anatomy' airs Thursdays at 9 pm ET on ABC.
