At THR's Women in Entertainment gala, Sophia Bush talked about joining the cast of 'Grey's Anatomy' and gushed over the show and Shonda Rhimes. Plus, she shares her disappointment over leaks about the 'One Tree Hill' reboot.
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00:00I want to start off by saying congratulations. It was just announced that you're going to be part of Grey's Anatomy.
00:05Yes.
00:06How exciting is this moment? I actually wanted to say, I always pictured you being a part of that show, so it's kind of crazy that you're going to be a part of it.
00:14Thank you. I mean, it's really interesting that the trajectory of that show, not just for me as an actor, but really for me as a fan, has actually been really personal.
00:24I have loved it for so long. It inspired me really early in my career, watching this incredible show that centered women's stories, that was run by a woman.
00:35Shonda Rhimes, I love you. You know this.
00:37And for me to, at this stage, be able to go back and work on something that, as a little baby actor, was my sort of iconic favorite show is deeply surreal.
00:50I know a lot of women are feeling a little disheartened right now, especially after such a polarizing election.
00:55How do we move forward from this moment, and how do you think that Hollywood can use their voice in order to amplify our voices?
01:03Well, one of the things I think is incredibly important is to realize that storytelling has always been inherently progressive and inherently political.
01:12Even when you look at a film like Wicked, the messages in it, The Wizard of Oz, that it's based on being written in response to the rise of fascism.
01:21We're in a cycle, and we're seeing these patterns repeat themselves.
01:24And so, as exhausting as I know it is, and as scary as it is for all of us as women, I think we have to remember we've been here before.
01:32And we get to look to people like Angela Davis and Gloria Steinem, Maxine Waters, Shirley Chisholm.
01:41We've seen women fight this fight, and it's really on us to pick up the baton and keep running the race.
01:49I know you mentioned Wicked. What were your thoughts on watching it?
01:53It's a perf movie. I enjoyed it so much. I sobbed through the whole thing.
01:58As per the internet, I clearly wasn't the only one.
02:01And I just think it's the movie we all need right now.
02:05Very quickly, a lot of chatter about the One Tree Hill reboot.
02:09Is anything finalized? There's people saying whether they're a part of it, whether they're not a part of it.
02:13Has anything been finalized? What can you tease for us?
02:15I think it's unfortunate when news like that leaks mid-development, rather than all of us getting to make an announcement together.
02:23But what I do think has been really special about the process is it's been a request from the fans for so long that it became a request from the studio.
02:32And the women running our studio are amazing.
02:36And in the conversations we've had about putting this potential job back in the hands of the women, it feels really inspiring.
02:46And what's been really heartening to me about that is the development conversations that we're getting to have
02:51with our original cast, with all of our friends who've been on the show,
02:56kind of going in order as we did in the seasons, if you will,
03:00have been really cool because everyone has brilliant ideas about where they'd be.
03:05The boys have been incredibly supportive, which feels great.
03:09And if it comes to fruition, I think people are going to be very pleased.