Ellen Pompeo Admits She’s ‘Really Happy’ About Scaling Back Her ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Role

Ellen Pompeo is starting a caller chapter, but Grey’s Anatomy is inactive a portion of it. In season 19, the longtime prima of the aesculapian play volition person a scaled-back presence. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Ellen astir however she’s feeling astir her determination to look successful a constricted capableness successful play 19.

“I’m truthful excited. I consciousness truly blessed and grateful that the institution gave maine an accidental to bash thing antithetic with my caller constricted series,” Ellen told HollywoodLife astatine the D23 Expo connected September 9.

Ellen Pompeo with co-star Chandra Wilson. (ABC)

That caller constricted bid is simply a Hulu play that’s inspired by the existent communicative of Ukrainian-born Natalia Grace and her U.S. adoptive parents, who claimed that she was an big “sociopath” pretending to beryllium a child. She besides serves arsenic an enforcement producer.

“It’s a real-life communicative of a mates successful Indiana who adopted a child, and it didn’t spell precisely arsenic they had expected,” Ellen revealed. “I deliberation we’ve each been successful situations similar that, wherever things don’t spell arsenic we program oregon arsenic we expect, and I deliberation that’s an absorbing story.”

Ellen is keeping it successful the Disney household with the constricted bid connected Hulu, ABC’s sister streaming service. Ellen has been with ABC since 2005 erstwhile Grey’s Anatomy started. Ellen was honored astatine D23 arsenic a caller Disney Legend on with her erstwhile co-star Patrick Dempsey.

Ellen Pompeo successful ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ play 18. (ABC)

Ellen volition look successful 8 episodes and proceed to narrate each episode, arsenic good arsenic enforcement produce. The archetypal promo featured Meredith inactive astatine Seattle Grace arsenic she introduced a caller radical of residents to the OR.

The formed of Grey’s Anatomy continues to evolve. Midori Francis, Adelaide Kane, Alexis Floyd, Niko Terho, and Harry Shum Jr. person joined the formed arsenic the caller residents astatine Grey Sloan. Longtime vet Kate Walsh volition beryllium returning arsenic Addison erstwhile again successful play 19. Grey’s Anatomy premieres season 19 connected October 6.