Dr. Arizona Robbins is able to verify into The White Lotus.
Jessica Capshaw, who portrayed Dr. Robbins from 2008-2019 and in 2024 on ABC’s long-running Gray’s Anatomy, opened as much as her Name It What It Is podcast cohost and former Gray’s costar Camilla Luddington about auditioning for the newest season of the hit HBO drama.
After discussing the buzzy season three finale of The White Lotus, Capshaw revealed that she auditioned for the position of Austin-based nation membership spouse Kate Bohr, which finally went to Leslie Bibb.
“I keep in mind getting the audition and being like, ‘I imply, I am simply such an enormous fan of the present.’ So I used to be giddy with pleasure. And it is all the time so enjoyable to place collectively an audition and see the place it goes, after which see it come to fruition as a result of what’s unbelievably exceptional and wild in regards to the casting course of is we’re all very completely different,” stated Capshaw, 48.
The actress continued, “All of us have a really completely different tackle it. So watching Leslie’s, I used to be like, ‘Oh my God.’ And I used to be so in, and I believed she was improbable.”
Season three of The White Lotus noticed a bunch of eccentric vacationers make a journey to the fictional resort’s Thailand location. Bibb’s character was on trip with two of her lifelong pals, New York Metropolis lawyer Laurie Duffy (Carrie Coon) and actress Jaclyn Lemon (Michelle Monaghan). The trio’s storyline examined the altering nature of feminine friendships over time, and the position that wealth disparity performs on this dynamic.
Whereas Capshaw complimented Bibb’s efficiency, she and Luddington, 41, had their very own ideas on season three’s ending for the characters’ ill-fated ladies’ journey to Thailand.
Luddington stated, “I am gonna be trustworthy. I actually wished one among them to say, ‘Go f—- your self.’ I am unsure how I really feel about all of them being kumbaya slightly bit.”
“I wished them to be like, you’ve gotten an enormous falling out at dinner, and so they’re strolling collectively, and he pulls them in for the image, and so they’re, like, reluctantly out collectively. After which with the gunfight, you see all of them collectively as a result of they’re trauma bonded, and so they understand what issues in life,” continued Luddington.
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Regardless of not being solid for the position, Capshaw is set to land a spot on the Emmy-winning present. “I am going to audition. I am going to simply maintain auditioning. That is what I did for Gray’s. I simply saved auditioning, it took me 3 times,” Capshaw recounted. “I am hoping it will simply take two for Mike White and The White Lotus.”
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Luddington jumped in and urged, “I believe that we must always come on as sisters. Sure, Mike, come on, you want us as some sisters.”
“I am going to audition,” a decided Capshaw stated. “I am going to simply maintain auditioning. That is what I did for Gray’s!”
In a earlier podcast, Capshaw revealed she had initially auditioned for Nurse Rose, a recurring character on seasons 4 and 5 of the medical drama. That half went to actress Lauren Stamile. A 12 months later, she tried out for the a part of Dr. Sadie Harris, which went to Melissa George. The third time was the attraction when she landed the position of Arizona Robbins.
New episodes of Capshaw and Luddington’s iHeart Radio podcast Name It What It Is drop weekly, and embody Gray’s Anatomy recaps and popular culture evaluation.
