Scott Speedman Returns to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ as Nick, Season 18 Regular – Deadline

SPOIL ALERT: Story includes detail about tonight’s Season 18 premiere Grey’s Anatomy.

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Speedman, one of the most memorable guest stars of Grey’s Anatomy story, has joined the cast of ABC’s venerable medical drama as a series regular for its upcoming 18th season. Speedman just made his first appearance in the Grey’s Anatomy the season premiere as the surprising revelation of the ABC’s “someone from Meredith’s past is coming back” tease aired on promo for Thursday’s premiere. (You can see it below.)

Since Grey’s Anatomy Former student Kate Walsh will reprise her role as Addison in several episodes this coming season (as Deadline revealed earlier this month), with many fans speculating the tease was a reference to her return to the movie. series. But in fact, that “someone from Meredith’s past” was Speedman’s Nick Marsh. For the story behind the addition of the top-tier cast, read Deadline’s exclusive interview with Speedman and Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff, which will be posted after the premiere on the East Coast. (UPDATE: You can read it here.)

Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) met Marsh on a trip to Minnesota, invited by neurosurgeon David Hamilton (played by recurring new guest star Peter Gallagher) to attend a research library dedication to her mother.

The location was a clue because Speedman’s Nick Marsh was a transplant surgeon at the Mayo Clinic when he was featured in the Season 14 episode of “A Day Like This”. Grey’s. Inspired in his career by his mother, who died at the age of 15 of heart failure while awaiting a heart transplant, Nick was also caring for his teenage niece at the time.

A liver transplant recipient himself, Nick was treated in Gray Sloan when he collapsed on his way to the hospital to retrieve a liver for one of his patients. It was Meredith’s quick thinking that led to the discovery of a potentially fatal clot that she surgically removed, saving Nick’s kidney – and possibly his life.

Speedman’s instant chemistry with Pompeo had Grey’s fans passed out as sparks flew between Nick and Meredith and she admitted he made her feel things she hadn’t felt since Derek (Patrick Dempsey) died.

The impact of Speedman’s guest spot in March 2018 was so great that fans were convinced he would join the show full-time in Season 15. Speculation escalated further when it was confirmed shortly. time after the Speedman show. Grey’s appearance that he had quit the TNT drama series Animal Kingdom, where he was the main male role. But to Congratulated 20-year-old reunion panel in July 2018, Speedman dashed fans’ hopes by revealing he was not returning to the ABC series.

That changed last summer. In the interview with Deadline, Speedman and Vernoff reveal how he was brought back as the only new series regular for upcoming Season 18, how long he could stay, the show’s efforts to keep his arrival a secret, including idea was based on the scene of Meredith and Nick’s reunion, what awaits the new couple and if a potential love triangle with Cormac Hayes looms. Vernoff also touches on a few other major developments in the Season 18 opener.

The addition of a big name like Speedman as a new series regular and a new love interest in Pompeo’s Meredith, in addition to Walsh’s return, could reinvigorate Grey’s Anatomy Following the exits of series regulars Jesse Williams, Greg Germann and Giacomo Gianniotti last season, series producers ABC and Pompeo will soon be faced with the annual decision to extend or end the hit series.

The Grey’s Anatomy relay was Speedman first and only guest appearance since the very beginning of his acting career. Focusing mainly on feature films, he has so far made three major series on Felicity, last resort, animal kingdom and a recurring arc over the upcoming third season of You. He is currently seen in the film Bestsellers, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. Its upcoming features include Pointed stick and Crimes of the future.

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