Sophia Bush and Hilarie Burton really are two peas in a pod, so much so that even their onscreen storylines are starting to mirror each other.
Bush, 42, who just put her scrubs back on and joined Grey’s Anatomy, stopped by Jessica Capshaw and Camilla Luddington’s podcast, Call It What It Is, on Dec. 4, and the conversation quickly turned into a love fest for Burton, 42, who also previously starred on the series over a decade ago.
Calling her a “smoke show,” Capshaw described Burton, who she “made out with a little bit,” as “one of the loveliest humans on the planet” as she recalled working with her during season 9 in 2013.
“She came over to Grey’s, and she knew she was playing someone who was gonna upset the apple cart. And…I was imagining most people would come in a little sort of, like, on tenterhooks and be like, ooh, I’m gonna come in and play this part. And she was not. She was, like, bold and smart and sassy. And she just took over.”
Luddington, 40, then asked if Burton had given Bush any advice ahead of her own Grey’s debut last month, as Bush’s character Dr. Cass Beckman similarly came into the show “to mix some s— up.”
“I mean, God. I remember us talking about it then because we were so excited for her to be on the show because it was a show we’d loved while we were making [One Tree Hill],” Bush remembered. “And I texted her and was like, ‘Girl, what kind of, like, fun voodoo do we have going that now I get to go and kiss a pretty woman on Grey’s also?’”
“And it feels right,” she continued. “It’s like… it’s very adjacent energy for us, and that feels great.”
Bush made her debut as Dr. Cass Beckman on the Nov. 7 episode — and stirred things up as she kissed Teddy (Kim Raver) during a night out amidst Teddy’s ongoing strife with Owen (Kevin McKidd).
As she reflected on joining the iconic show, she told Capshaw and Luddington she was impressed by how “professional and well-oiled and respectful and smart and bold” the atmosphere is.
“I walked onto set and was like, damn. 21 seasons in, everyone is on time. Everyone is excited. Everybody cares about everybody. People are trading pictures of kids and making sure people have what they need, and everyone shows up to the table read and gives it their absolute all. ”
“I was like, oh, sets that are run by women are just different. In the best way,” she continued. “And I’m having the most fun. So thank you for having me.”
Grey’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.