'Grey’s Anatomy' Star Sandra Oh Dishes Her Thoughts About Cristina Returning
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Grey’s Anatomy has been pulling at everyone’s heartstrings with the return of several beloved characters in season 17. Since premiering in November, the medical drama has shocked fans with unforeseen appearances by Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), George O’ Malley (T.R. Knight), and most recently Lexie Grey (Chyler Leigh). All of this is making fans wonder who else will be brought back to the longtime ABC show. Could Sandra Oh’s character, Cristina Yang, possibly be next?
As Grey’s fandom may remember, Cristina danced it out one last time with Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) before leaving Grey Sloan Memorial behind in the season 10 finale. Ahead of her last season, Sandra opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about how she felt closing this acting chapter of her life.
"Creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go," Sandra told the outlet in 2013. "It's such an interesting thing to play a character for so long and to actually get the sense that she wants to be let go as well. [Cristina] wants to be let go, and I am ready to let her go."
The decision didn’t come easy for her though. Sandra admitted that she began thinking about departing from the show in May 2012 when some of the original cast members were finalizing their new two-year deals. After reportedly going to therapy to fully explore the decision of leaving and then giving herself “two years to emotionally let go,” she ultimately walked away.
But would Sandra ever come back to Grey’s Anatomy? Since saying goodbye to viewers in 2014, the 49-year-old actress has continuously mentioned timing as a major factor in reprising her role as Cristina. Speaking with Access Hollywood Live in 2017, Sandra said, “At this point … No, I don’t think so. I just don’t know. It would have to feel right.”
One year later, she thought back to her last Grey’s scene while talking to Entertainment Weekly about her work in BBC America’s spy thriller Killing Eve.
“I will say it’s hard to beat that ending … I’m not sure. I guess I can’t really answer it either way where I’m sitting right now, because I’m so committed to Eve,” she told the magazine in 2018. “The idea of stepping back into the Cristina shoes, it doesn’t feel right to me right now. But honestly, who knows how long Grey’s is gonna go.”
Fast forward to today and Grey’s is still going strong. Perhaps enough time has passed for Sandra to reconsider reuniting with her fellow castmates. Although she hasn't given fans a solid "yes," it sounds like she's not completely opposed to it either. Who knows, let’s hope so!
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