As Michael Ausiello over at Entertainment Weekly put it – Callie’s new girlfriend is a keeper! Grey’s Anatomy has signed actress Jessica Capshaw, who plays pediatrician Arizona Robbins, to a contract, sources confirm to EW exclusively.
The deal calls for Capshaw to appear in all remaining episodes this season with an option to return as a series regular next fall. She was initially signed for only three episodes, but the possibility existed that it could turn into something more permanent.
EW writes:
News of Capshaw’s promotion should silence critics who sounded the anti-gay alarm after ABC kindly asked Grey’s creator Shonda Rhimes to banish Callie’s first girlfriend, the brusque and ballsy Dr. Hahn (played by Brooke Smith), to the hospital’s parking lot. “The character was not working for us and the relationship was not working for us,” Alphabet prez Steve McPherson acknowledged last month at press tour.
wooh!!
i’m so glad she’s staying!!
she’s actually one of my most favourite character!
bring on season 6