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

[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.