Behind the Big Kiss with Kevin Mckidd

[rainbowowen.livejournal.com]

Sandra Oh doesn't do Grey's Anatomy interviews, but her co-star Kevin McKidd does. Here is a brand new interview from Fancast with Kevin McKidd where he talks about the latest episode of Grey's and what is coming up for Yang and Hunt:

Fans of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’s‘ Owen/Cristina romance surely have watched, re-watched and re-re-watched the couple’s big kiss from the last episode, “Holidaze.” As such, you may think you know everything there is to know about that scorching smooch.




Think again.
I spoke with Kevin McKidd just before he jetted home to Scotland for the holidays, and he shed light on how the pivotal scene was meant to play out as well as shared insight into why Owen kissed Cristina so ardently.

First, the how. The way the episode was edited together, it appears that Owen took a day – from New Year’s Eve until the following afternoon – to process his intense run-in with Teddy and then ultimately demonstrate his feelings for Cristina.

McKidd, though, says that in the original script Cristina and Owen had their confrontation “the very next moment after he had his conversation with Teddy. He actually walked out of that scene with Teddy and into the scene with Cristina.”

Upon seeing the show’s final edit – in which the scenes were intercut with a “New Year’s Day” title card – McKidd says even he had to exclaim, “Oh, no. They made it the next day!”

Worth the “wait” though, right?

Now as for the why of the lip lock… well, that’s simply how the sometimes stoic Dr. Hunt operates.

“The thing about Owen,” McKidd says, “is that words get the better of him sometimes. But the pain he felt for putting her into that position [of not knowing] was too much for him. So in that moment he wanted to try, in a noble way, to communicate how much he really loves her. And the only way he could do that was by kissing her in that way.”

Sure enough, the bold buss assuaged any concerns Yang had about Hunt and how he might feel about her versus Teddy. “There was no ambiguity,” McKidd says. “He very directly tried to make her feel secure and on safe ground again.”

Is Dr. Altman done making waves for Hunt and Yang? Perhaps not just yet. When ‘Grey’s’ returns with new episodes on January 14, Teddy’s behavior in the wake of Owen rebuff will give people pause.

“He made it very clear where the line in the sand was, so he’s worried now that she’s operating in a way that could do some damage” – figuratively and literally, McKidd says.

Will Teddy’s behavior include trying to undermine Cristina in the workplace? All parties involved may wish it were so simple. Instead, what she does “is more complicated and subconscious,” McKidd teases, “which is a good thing and a bad thing.”

Comments

[kellybell79.livejournal.com]

"If she really gave a damn about fan criticism, the "Dead Denny" story line would have been ended at the earliest opportunity. Instead, she dragged it through all of season 5 and included a special feature about it on the Season 5 DVDs."

WORD. I say this to every one and post it everywhere. I've even mention this insane "Dead Denny" love she has on ABC advisory board activities. It's like the fact that people hated it (when he obviously thought it was just great ) makes her want to cram it down people throats even more. And the fact that C/O was so instantly wildly popular makes her hate it and want to destroy it.

Teddy is the new "Dead Denny". He was a time suck and a complete annoyance S5, but at least he wasn't coming between C/O. At least his presence didn't make it impossible to enjoy the season because he had nothing to do with C/O and they are the whole reason S5 was any good at all. I bought the DVD. It's the only season of GA I own. Teddy is Dead Denny-ing the whole C/O SL this year. I wont be buying S6 on DVD. I can pretty much promise that. Teddy would have to hang herself and the rest of the season would have to be pure C/O bliss, with near constant shirlessness from Owen and C/O makeouts galore, for that to happen. It's crazy, I know, but it's like I don't want to have that woman in my house. LOL. I don't even watch the repeats this year. I've stopped down loading the CO clips posted on this site that I used to always get and LOVED, because Teddy taints every scene. I still get the screen caps because they have been pretty Teddyless thankfully. I don't know. This SL is actually depressing me. Sad.

[mcqueen09.livejournal.com]

I just think Shonda wants to pair up Kim Raver and Kevin McKidd and didn't understand how much the fans like Kev and Sandra.

Shonda wants ANOTHER leggy blonde to live vicariously through. She did it with Izzie/Alex/Denny and is doing it again.

I always shudder when I hear her gush over the men on the show.