Overview

• Rhimes recalls confronting the network president after early auditions brought mostly white actors for the 2005 pilot.
• She says she deliberately omitted character race in the script to enable truly open casting across backgrounds.
• Following her push, she describes a “flood of actors” being seen, including performers long limited to small roles.
• TV Insider reports that casting director Linda Lowy told agents the team wanted to see everybody, broadening submissions.
• The recollection is drawing fresh coverage as Grey’s Anatomy approaches its 22nd season on ABC in October.