'Grey's Anatomy' Spinoff Ensures TV's Most Disgruntled Cast Stays That Way
No sooner had some semblance of normalcy finally returned to the Grey's Anatomy set, with a fully rehabilitated Isaiah Washington using his newly acquired anger-management tools to temper his castigations of line-flubbing co-star T.R. Knight with the far less incendiary, "Nice job, ffffforgetful!" comes news of further dissension among the horny-physician ranks. The recent announcement by ABC of a possible spinoff for Kate Walsh's character, Dr. Addison Montgomery-Shepherd (aka Dr. Ex-Mrs. Dr. McDreamy) has, notes Star magazine, received a chilly reception from the rest of the cast:
"The rest of the cast seemed instantly resentful of [Walsh]," a source told Star. "They each thought they'd be the one chosen to get their own show, and now they're giving Kate the cold shoulder."
The source adds that "Grey's" star Ellen Pompeo "seemed particularly peeved because she felt that, as the star, she should have been consulted." [...]
Laments the source: "Things had finally settled down and now everyone's disgruntled again."
Indeed, star Pompeo is so aggravated at the perceived affront that she can't even muster the appetite to get through her typical diet consisting of Big Fat Plates of Nothing; instead, set sources have spotted the slight, slighted actress muttering agitatedly to herself about things like how her "name's right there in the title," and that "Renée Zellweger would never put up with this," while picking disinterestedly at a Side Salad Plate of Air.
