Actress talks directing\nThursday\u2019s episode and whether a wedding is in Dr. Bailey\u2019s future<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By Lie Shia Ong<\/em> In the nine seasons \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d has been on the air, we\u2019ve watched characters come and go, but Dr. Miranda Bailey, who\u2019s been there since the beginning, is still walking the halls of Seattle Grace\/Mercy West Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Bailey is still as\ntough as ever (she was nicknamed the Nazi by her interns, remember?), but fans\nhave also seen a different side of her lately. This season the new interns\nnicknamed her something that doesn\u2019t really describe how the \u201cold\u201d Bailey would\nbe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n MSN TV spoke with\nChandra Wilson, the actress who plays Bailey, about how her character has\ndeveloped over the years, whether she could be getting married in an episode\nstill to come this season, and about directing Thursday\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MSN TV: It seems like\nthings are finally starting to get a little bit more positive for the doctors\nin the aftermath of the plane crash. What can you tell us about this next\nepisode?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Chandra Wilson: Yeah, we\nare continuing to move forward. Cristina Yang (Sandra Oh) has come back to\nSeattle, so we get to find out if she\u2019s going to make her way back into the\nhospital. The April-Jackson relationship is moving forward. We do have to\naddress the plane crash still because the lawsuit is going and some major\nevents from the lawsuit come to light in the episode. And in particular for me,\nI was able to incorporate a character who discovers he has cyclic vomiting\nsyndrome. It\u2019s this really terrible illness that has been linked to\nmitochondrial diseases. My own daughter actually suffers from it. It gave me an\nincredible opportunity to be able to say that name on national television and\ngive some validation to a lot of sufferers that are out three that haven\u2019t\nheard it nationally before and also help somebody hopefully that\u2019s sitting at\nhome dealing with this syndrome and not even realizing it has a name. There are\na lot of significant things that happen for me as director in this episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What was it like being\nthe director this episode, being behind the camera as well as in front of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, so this was my\nseventh time up\u2014my fourth season in a row directing for \u201cGrey\u2019s.\u201d you would\nthink it would get easier each time, but no! [Laughs] It still feels like the\nfirst time every single time. I have a lot of two-person interactions in this\nepisode. A lot of intimate scenes that we have as well as some very significant\ngroup scenes, so I got a change to play with having lots of us in the same room\nand having us move in and out. That\u2019s always fun. And Bailey, I always have to\nremind myself to pay attention to Bailey when I\u2019m directing because I\u2019m so\nanxious to take care of everyone else, that I have to keep saying \u2018I have to\ntake care of Bailey, too.\u2019 [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The show\u2019s creator,\nShonda Rhimes, has said this season will be one of romance, and there\u2019s also\nbeen buzz that there will be a wedding. I know you can\u2019t give too much away,\nbut could wedding bells be ringing for Dr. Bailey and Ben?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We know that Ben has\npopped the question. I haven\u2019t seen the ring, but we know he\u2019s popped the\nquestion and he wants to move forward with getting married. I tell you what:\nEverything\u2019s going to be on hi to make that happen. [laughs]. Bailey\u2019s already\nbeen married. She\u2019s been there. Done that. Not that she did it the right way\nthe first time. So, he doesn\u2019t get much participation from her in effort, but\nshe said yes, so it\u2019s about getting her to that altar [laughs].<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d nickname\ndo you prefer? The Nazi or Booty-call Bailey?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [Laughs] Always trying\nto get back to the Nazi. Always trying to get back there. [laughs]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of your fans sent\nin questions they wanted me to ask you. Keridwyn wanted to know: What have you\nlearned most form playing Dr. Bailey?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Learned most. Hmm\u2026that\ndoctors\u2014surgeons, in particular\u2014are human beings and that they don\u2019t have all\nthe answers. They\u2019re trying to figure it out just like everyone else is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Su wanted to know:\nWhat\u2019s the biggest challenge that you\u2019ve had to overcome to get to where you\nare now in your career, and how can others learn from it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Having courage, and\ncourage doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re scared. It means you do things even though\nyou\u2019re scared to do them. So, having the courage to go to that audition. So,\nhaving the courage to send in your resume. Having the courage to do show up and\ndo your best even if you\u2019re afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meagan wants to know:\nWhat\u2019s your favorite episode of \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d that you\u2019ve been in?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlways and Forever.\u201d I\nthink, the pilot episode. The very first episode that established what kind of\nshow we were going to be is the one that I always refer to when I describe what\nis \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n We had the musical\nepisode last season, and I\u2019m sure there will be more special themed episodes\nthis season. Have you heard of any details yet?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I haven\u2019t heard, but\nwe\u2019re very good about thinking out of the box with how we present our story.\nEverybody knows who the characters are now, so we don\u2019t always have to present\nthem in the same way. Whether it was the \u201cwhat would\u2019ve happened if\u201d episode or\nif it was the one where we were doing the documentary style or the music event,\nwe like to take those risks. I just don\u2019t know that risks are, though [for this\nseason].<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, after nine seasons\non the air, why do you think \u201cGrey\u2019s Anatomy\u201d still resonates with the fans so\nmuch?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Because we are willing\nto change. We try to remain as true to the original intent of the show as\npossible. Characters, cast members can come and go, but we still get back to\nthe human nature of these physicians,and you know that mentality. I think\nespecially in season 9, there\u2019s something really interesting about watching\nthose characters that were the babies that were the interns in the past and are\nnow the grown-ups and are teaching. What kind of teachers are they gonna be? 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