The Hollywood Reporter: A lot of fans are upset about this story, as if lesbian couples are immune from cheating. Why is it an important one to tell?
Jessica Capshaw: It's important first and foremost because it's good drama. Forget about who you are or how you define yourself or and who you choose to love, it's good drama. It would not be interesting to watch a couple remain happy and free from anything happening to their marriage or connection. This is a very dramatic way of showing what can happen to a marriage. On an emotional level you want everyone to be happy but since this isn't real life there's a good opportunity here to lean into being disgruntled, mad, angry, happy or even turned on. You have to roll with it.
THR: The cheating arc is a departure from the stories audiences now -- thankfully -- have grown accustomed to seeing on TV for LGBT characters.
Capshaw: I look at what it felt like four years ago and what it feels like now and I do feel like progress is being made.
THR: Is there hope for Callie and Arizona? How much about season 10 has Shonda told you?
Capshaw: I don't know that anyone knows. I've been with my husband for 11 years, married for nine and when I think of the rupture of a relationship and the fallout of infidelity, I don't know that you can get that trust back. Clearly, by end of finale you understand that something for Arizona is permanently damaged and lost.
Read full interview at THR
Jessica Capshaw: It's important first and foremost because it's good drama. Forget about who you are or how you define yourself or and who you choose to love, it's good drama. It would not be interesting to watch a couple remain happy and free from anything happening to their marriage or connection. This is a very dramatic way of showing what can happen to a marriage. On an emotional level you want everyone to be happy but since this isn't real life there's a good opportunity here to lean into being disgruntled, mad, angry, happy or even turned on. You have to roll with it.
THR: The cheating arc is a departure from the stories audiences now -- thankfully -- have grown accustomed to seeing on TV for LGBT characters.
Capshaw: I look at what it felt like four years ago and what it feels like now and I do feel like progress is being made.
THR: Is there hope for Callie and Arizona? How much about season 10 has Shonda told you?
Capshaw: I don't know that anyone knows. I've been with my husband for 11 years, married for nine and when I think of the rupture of a relationship and the fallout of infidelity, I don't know that you can get that trust back. Clearly, by end of finale you understand that something for Arizona is permanently damaged and lost.
Read full interview at THR
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