What Ellen Pompeo just said about the future of "Gray's Anatomy" could worry you

After 16 seasons of theater, The anatomy of Gray could finally come to an end. In a new interview with Weekly entertainment, Ellen Pompeo, who plays the role of Meredith Gray in the long-running hospital drama, hinted that it might be time to say goodbye to her alter ego on screen once and for all.

"I'm clearly not ready for the moment to make an official announcement about what my future is in the series, but I really feel like we've told the majority of the stories we can tell." , she said. "It's time for me to mix it in. I'm looking for a change."

Pompeo current contract, which she signed in January, will expire after season 16. Once, and if she hangs up her gloves permanently, Pompeo said she was interested in making the jump to staging. "I'd love to run a pilot. I really like to produce, it's really hard for me, "she said. said Deadline last January. "I think I had an amazing workout. I've had a master class in production in the past 14 years. I know all aspects of performing a television show. Production and staging is where I am confronted and where I learn. It's more interesting for me because it's a skill I have not mastered yet. "

But before Pompeo ends up moving behind the camera, there are still some problems to solve at Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital. And who better to solve them than The anatomy of Graythe creator Shonda Rhimes? according to Weekly entertainment, Rhimes plans to write the final episode itself. "I wrote the end of the show at least six times" Rhimes says EW. "But we are just finishing. Whenever I thought, this is how the series should end, we have gone beyond those moments, so I stopped trying. I have no idea now.

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