How surprised were you when you learned the story was going in this direction?
Jessica Capshaw: It was one of those moments where I was completely shocked. Completely, completely totally blown away. But there was something about this, when Shonda and I were talking, that seemed like it rang true. If you look at where Arizona has been this season, for me to have played the first four episodes of the show where I don't know that I had a stich of makeup on, to the end of the season with the hair and makeup and being the object of someone's affection. Just Arizona — forget about her being part of a couple — she's gone so far. It's been so profound. This change in her and what has happened to her, she had almost been reborn in this strange way as this new, but the same, person.
When I found out the story was going in this direction, I thought it was a great dilemma for her to have to deal with. It seems like that would happen. Shonda has said before that the writers, herself and myself have done so much research into the kind of things that happen to people who go through experiences like this where a lot of times they find themselves six months or a year post doing things that they would never have done before, and somehow being driven by this other feeling or this differentness that now lives in them. It's really interesting. I know it's devastating! It is. Obviously we've shot everything, and there's a moment Shonda has talked about that we filmed this scene that's really chilling. It's so deep and it's just very provocative.
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Jessica Capshaw: It was one of those moments where I was completely shocked. Completely, completely totally blown away. But there was something about this, when Shonda and I were talking, that seemed like it rang true. If you look at where Arizona has been this season, for me to have played the first four episodes of the show where I don't know that I had a stich of makeup on, to the end of the season with the hair and makeup and being the object of someone's affection. Just Arizona — forget about her being part of a couple — she's gone so far. It's been so profound. This change in her and what has happened to her, she had almost been reborn in this strange way as this new, but the same, person.
When I found out the story was going in this direction, I thought it was a great dilemma for her to have to deal with. It seems like that would happen. Shonda has said before that the writers, herself and myself have done so much research into the kind of things that happen to people who go through experiences like this where a lot of times they find themselves six months or a year post doing things that they would never have done before, and somehow being driven by this other feeling or this differentness that now lives in them. It's really interesting. I know it's devastating! It is. Obviously we've shot everything, and there's a moment Shonda has talked about that we filmed this scene that's really chilling. It's so deep and it's just very provocative.
Read full interview at TV Guide
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