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

[moira-duncan.livejournal.com]

I don't think anything in that article indicates that Teddy will be out there plotting against Cristina or trying to harm her in any way. After suggesting that she may undermine Cristina profesionally, the author himself rebuffs his own suggestion by saying it won't be that simple and will happen more on a subconscious level.

I lean toward McQueen's theory but I don't think they will turn Teddy into crazy blonde from "Fatal Attraction".

The whole interview sounds like a damage control. I guess the backlash against Owen&Teddy reached Shonda's ears.

[mcqueen09.livejournal.com]

That may have something to do with hundreds of tweets Shonda has recieved from pissed off C/O fans and the Hunt hate on TWOP is really bad. Every other post there is a dig at Hunt even if the topic is something else.

My question is that if the kiss was straight after the Teddy fight and was the editors fault, why was it daylight outside when Cris found Owen? It was so clear that is was the following day so KMK saying that the New years day made it look like time had passed made no sense because you could see anyway time had passed.

I wonder if this is damage control is it because Owen may do something in the next few episodes and they want to redeem him now and not add to the hate later on?

[raachel2008.livejournal.com]

The Hunt hate on TWOP is as ridiculous as the Hunt adoration on other places. Both mindframes work in a reducionism kind of way, since either Owen is an eeeevil ass or a suuuper angel, which automatically makes Cristina either a poor little woman who is being fooled by a jerk or a über dense bitch who doesn't understand his attempts of loving her. Either Owen can do no no wrong or Cristina can do no wrong while the other is at complete fault. The same being applied to Burke or Teddy, depending on which board you are reading, and this is the reason why I only post here. Simplistic ways of thinking are boring, even when they are wrapped in fancy words and some elaborated quiblling.

I don't think it's damage control. (Pre)-damage control was KmK going to nation wide talk shows to explain the chocking and what was PSTD. (Post)-damage control was everything they tried to do post the IW-TR-PD outing. These were serious issues that demanded explanations. The timeline of the Cristina/Owen kiss doesn't. Grey's is ABC # 1 scripted show, 15/16 million viewers. If they did damage control every time fans screamed against a plot or scene you would see Grey's actors and writers giving weekly interviews.

This seems like part of a bigger interview. KmK is not the most important actor out there, but Matt Mitovich is not stupid and wouldn't waste an interview, even a short one, with a Grey's member asking about that kiss when there is so much more to know.I'm expecting another KmK interview from Fancast before the next episode or between 6.11 and 6.12.

I don't know about the daylight part. I confess that I didn't pay attention when I watched it. This didn't bother me because I assumed Cristina was dealing with her patient and so was Owen. I think the interview ends the "are you sure" debate, not that I believe it should have been one in the first place. Owen is with Cristina, he is in love with Cristina and he wants Cristina.

I agree with you, it makes sense that Teddy will give everything Cristina wants, career speaking. This will make Cristina depend on Teddy on so many levels, emotionally even. Divide et impera. Worked for Caesar, may work for Teddy. But if Teddy does this, chances are she is not staying, and if she is not staying, we are back to the old "Cristina needs a mentor" plot that has been playing since Burke left...

[iriswoo.livejournal.com]

Yep, those Hunt hates is getting a little bit old for me already, besides Im never a big fan of those rainbow, unicorn and kitty Hunt love crap which is just equaliy annoying with those negative Hunt hate. To be honest, saying Owen is walking D-bag is actually not fair, he had some great moments, he is dumb for sure, but his intention for bringing Teddy is still all for Cristina and not for himself, but it doesn't mean that Owen can do no wrong, he has made some huge mistakes which are even worse than other male characters on this show have ever made. And the war can not always be an excuse for his behavior.

But since the last KMK ITW coming out, I am so willing to give him a pass, the ITW sounds a little bit damage control to me as well, but it doesn't affect the fact that I enjoy reading it very much. May be the KV blog is just a mistake which the writer are trying to redeem, or may be it is KV wanted to stir things up to make fans keep talking though the hiatus?

No matter what, I hope the writers get fans now, no one wanted Owen loves both, that is just ridiculous in many levels.

Speaking of the two scenes was supposed to happened at the same time. Actually I think the O/T confrontion probably happened on the daytime as well, they made it like new year eve, but there is no evidence can prove that.

[moira-duncan.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's just TWOP, as I have seen the same attitude toward Owen in other places (like Writer's blog, EW blog or IMDB board). The timeline issues re: confrontation with Teddy and the kiss were raised on TWOP though and I think Shonda or someone from the writing staff is aware of that as it's a very influential place and I recall Shonda admitting once, that this's one of the places she checks to gauge the fans's reaction.

I don't think Owen is an "eeeevil ass" but he definitly lost most of his appeal to me so I can see why people are turning against him, as sad as it's. His lack of support of Cristina, after everything she did for him, is disturbing. He's been coming across as personality-free and clueless for the most part of this season and as much as I hate to say this, KmK doesn't seem to feel this role anymore (not that I blame him, given what they are doing to his character).
I blame the writers though and still hope to see the passionate, earnest and upstanding Owen from season 5 though.

"I wonder if this is damage control is it because Owen may do something in the next few episodes and they want to redeem him now and not add to the hate later on?"

In promo he seems to get kicked out of Cristina's OR, both Teddy and Cristina look upset on promo pics and we know that Owen will accuse Teddy of some shady motives, so I assume he will get a tad paranoid and piss both women off.

[raachel2008.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know IMDB had a board, EW blog - you meant the recaps, right? - seems the same and I don't read the writers blog, just the snippets people post here and there. I chose to post here, because I see very little balance everywhere else and it bores me. I'm not Team Cristina or Team Owen, I'm Team Me.

I know Cristina did a lot for Owen, but he is supporting Cristina. He brought Teddy for *Cristina* and not for himself, he knew what she needed. He said so when he told her that "You think I don't see you, but I do and you deserve someone to teach you and give what you need" or something like that because I don't remeber the exactly lines and he almost said the same to Teddy in the scenes in the cafeteria and outside. I don't see anyone personality-free in Grey's, maybe Lexie, because nobody can be that sugar induced without getting into a diabetic coma and clueless can only go so far.

[mcqueen09.livejournal.com]

I just feel the writers think he can act this way and get a pass because he has PTSD and I don't like that.

[raachel2008.livejournal.com]

Shonda and her minions are a bunch of lazy ass writers, but they never once wrote Owen getting a pass because of war/PSTD or suggested that.

[kellybell79.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure that they are just doing damage control. KMK very well could be telling the truth. It was day for the kiss, but maybe when they shot the confrontation with Teddy they thought it would be earlier in the episode and then the kiss was just after or later the same day. Maybe later it was decided to move the confrontation to just after midnight and the kiss to sometime the next day. You couldn't see if it was day or night outside when they were in the ER just before and during the confrontation. When they are shooting I'm sure it's not always 100 percent decided when scenes are going to air. Not when they shuffle the scenes in between each other like they always do.

Either Shonda did it on purpose to make Owen look like more of a tool for hiding out and letting it go for so long. Which I can see KMK being peeved about them making it the next day. Or they had to move it to later in the episode because if not there would have been no CO scenes on New Years. Which would have been strange. I wonder if New Years Day CO scenes were shot and discarded if or when they stretched this out.

I really do think Shonda hates CO, so I'm inclined to believe the first scenario. She seems to be going out of her way to make Owen spineless this season when he was so the other way S5. I mean, why would Owen still be hiding out, outside, looking all dejected and looking like he's afraid of what Cristina was going to say if it was all the way into the next day. Especially when last season he always sought her out when stuff went awry between them. It makes more sense for me to think that he was just gathering himself right after the Teddy thing when Cristina found him.

I know people are saying the they don't like Owen being seen as either a total saint or the Devil. I'm not saying he was a saint last season. Just that the things that were wrong with him last season were so much more acceptable then this total crap they are writing for him now. Even the detractors have to concede that he is being written VERY differently this year, and as I've written a number of times on this site, I don't think it has anything to do with "Before Owen" supposedly on the come back. "Before Owen" wasn't like this either. I don't know what the hell this shit is... but I'm ready for it to be over and for them to write Owen once again as the flawed but awesome guy he was last season. I really hope he comes back before I get really sick of Owen. Or KMK does. Poor guy. I really feel bad for him that they are doing this to Owen when he was so popular right off the bat. It's like Shonda wants the fangirls to turn against him. Who wants to take a popular character and make them hated by the very people who loved him best?

Shonda is a wack job.

[moira-duncan.livejournal.com]

I don't really think Shonda hates C&O. Why would she hate the couple she brought to live, used to sell as this "greatest soulmate love story ever", a couple who almost single-handedly saved season 5 from the total fiasco (they even make this year TWOP "Year in review" list and they are the only thing from GA that landed a spot there).
I think Shonda simply doesn't see anything wrong with Owen, moreover, she thinks her version of Victorian "tragic hero" is totally awesome, while most of the fandom mocks him/her writing mercilessly. Shonda could reread her copies of "Wuthering Heights" and "Jane Eyre" until she gets blue in her face but her "Heathcliff" would still come across more like an over the top character from telenovela rather than tragically torn romantic hero. As I've alrady said on another board, I'm interested in watching OWEN, a stubborn, rash but dynamic, smart, attentive, earnest and upstanding guy. I have no interest in Shonda's parody of Heathcliff on moors.

[kellybell79.livejournal.com]

I just feel like she hates them because she is going out of her way to destroy them. There is seriously not a single fan of this couple who likes this SL this season, but she just keeps pushing it. It's like she hates them because people like them for reasons other then her vision of them. If that makes sense. Last year she would talk about Owen being her Heathcliff, but it didn't really come off that way. In part because Owen was likable. Now I admit I only read part of Wuthering Heights, because that book was God awful in my opinion, so maybe I don't really know how it should come off. I just know that no one in that book was likable and this couple was last year. I don't know how she can take a couple that was so loved last season and so completely turn the tide the way she is and not be accused of hating them. It's like she never thought they would be so popular straight out of the gate and she is jealous that her pet SL last season, "Dead Denny", was so hated.