'Grey's Anatomy' star Jessica Capshaw is saying she almost checked into 'The White Lotus!' The actress, who played Dr. Arizona Robbins on the long-running medical drama for 10 seasons, recently shared on her 'Call It What It Is' podcast that she auditioned for season three of 'The White Lotus,' for the role that ultimately went to Leslie Bibb.
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00:00Grey's Anatomy star Jessica Capshaw is saying she almost checked into The White Lotus.
00:05The actress who played Dr. Arizona Robbins on the long-running medical drama for 10 seasons
00:10recently shared on her Call It What It Is podcast that she auditioned for season three of The White
00:15Lotus for the role that ultimately went to Leslie Bibb. I auditioned for Leslie Bibb's part and I
00:21remember getting to the audition and being like, I mean, I'm just such a huge fan of the show,
00:25so I was giddy with excitement. She went on to praise Bibb for her performance as one-third of
00:30the girl trio taking a vacation at The White Lotus in Thailand this season, along with Carrie Coon
00:36and Michelle Monaghan. Watching Leslie, I was like, oh my god, I was so in, and I thought she was
00:41fantastic. Though the actress did not land a part this season, she has no plans to stop auditioning,
00:47noting it took multiple attempts before she scored her role on Grey's Anatomy in 2009.
00:52I'll audition. I'll keep auditioning. That's what I did for Grey's. I love Grey's Anatomy and I was
00:57like, I'll audition all the times. And I took three times, so I'm hoping it'll just take two for Mike
01:02White and The White Lotus. I'll just keep going. For more on this story, head to THR.com. And for
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