{"id":159955,"date":"2025-04-04T03:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T03:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/greys-anatomy-kim-raver-on-teddy-and-owens-open-marriage-sophia-bush\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T03:00:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T03:00:37","slug":"greys-anatomy-kim-raver-on-teddy-and-owens-open-marriage-sophia-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/greys-anatomy-kim-raver-on-teddy-and-owens-open-marriage-sophia-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Grey&#8217;s Anatomy: Kim Raver on Teddy and Owen\u2019s Open Marriage, Sophia Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div wp_automatic_readability=\"193.52386039886\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/greys-anatomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em><\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kim-raver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kim Raver<\/strong><\/a> was shocked by Teddy and Owen\u2019s decision to open their marriage \u2014 but more than ready to take on the challenge as an actress and director.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s such a tricky topic, and we\u2019ve never done it on <em>Grey\u2019s.<\/em> Everyone you talk to has very strong feelings about it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/kevin-mckidd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kevin [McKidd]<\/strong> <\/a>and I were really worried, like, \u2018OK, wait, this is really tricky terrain.\u2019 We both love this couple and the years that we\u2019ve been building it [along with showrunner] <strong>Meg [Marinis]<\/strong> and the writers,\u201d Raver, 56, told <em>Us Weekly<\/em> during an exclusive interview ahead of the Thursday, April 3, episode of the medical drama. \u201c<em>Grey\u2019s<\/em> has also never shied away from really intense, controversial topics, so this is such a fun one to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raver credited Marinis for how she approached the story line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeg has been so incredible. We had several sit-downs on [discussing], \u2018How do we protect the characters that we love in this situation but also open up, so to speak, the dialogue about it?\u2019\u201d she explained. \u201cTeddy and Owen have been arguing for so long and they\u2019re not getting along. When we were talking with Meg, it came from a place where Owen and Teddy love each other so deeply that they\u2019re not ready to walk away from the relationship. So what do you do?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article\" wp_automatic_readability=\"11.548387096774\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/greys-anatomy-recap-sophia-bushs-cass-arrives-kisses-teddy-altman\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Sophia Bush&#8217;s Cass Scrubs Into &#8216;Grey\u2019s Anatomy,&#8217; Kisses [Spoiler]<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tSophia Bush has officially scrubbed in to Grey\u2019s Anatomy, where her character wasted no time getting entangled with the messy love lives of the doctors. Bush, 42, plays Seattle Presbyterian trauma surgeon Dr. Cass Beckman, who is married to a cardiothoracic doctor named David (Wil Traval). The couple met up with longstanding Grey\u2019s twosome Teddy [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While Teddy and Owen established in the March 27 episode that one of the rules of their open marriage is to keep things physical and not establish an emotional connection with someone else, Raver agreed with <em>Us<\/em> that that would be difficult for these characters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTeddy and Owen are so emotional! And their whole relationship has always been very bumpy, tumultuous,\u201d Raver said before referencing Teddy\u2019s past affair with Tom Koracick (<strong>Greg Germann<\/strong>). \u201cMy big thing to Meg was, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/the-most-devastating-greys-anatomy-breakups-of-all-time-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teddy really messed up<\/a> when she cheated and if Teddy has evolved at all, it can\u2019t be just a silly, open marriage. It has to be much deeper and much more layered. I think even the fans responded, like, \u2018Oh, thank God. They\u2019re finally being honest.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday\u2019s episode, Teddy is reunited with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/sophia-bush-joins-greys-anatomy-as-a-trauma-surgeon-for-season-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fellow trauma surgeon<\/a> Cass (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/sophia-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sophia Bush<\/strong><\/a>), who is in an open marriage of her own with husband David.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is so fantastic,\u201d Raver <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/every-one-tree-hill-star-who-has-been-on-greys-anatomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gushed of Bush.<\/a> \u201cShe is super intelligent, super generous. For an actress to come into a group that\u2019s been together for so long and be so positive \u2014 she\u2019s an incredible addition.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article\" wp_automatic_readability=\"12.718120805369\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/every-star-whos-left-greys-anatomy-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Every Star Who&#8217;s Left &#8216;Grey&#8217;s Anatomy&#8217;: Where Are They Now?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe night \u2026 was March 27, 2005. Television titan Shonda Rhimes knew what she had just created \u2014 but audiences still had no idea. The Grey\u2019s Anatomy pilot introduced several characters, including the show\u2019s protagonist, legacy surgical resident Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo). Spunky, undoubtedly intelligent and full of heart, the show wouldn\u2019t survive without its [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the two women previously felt sparks during a November 2024 episode, Teddy pulled away. This time, Teddy and Cass acted on their feelings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing this love scene together and I would be like, \u2018Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, I have an idea.\u2019 And she\u2019d be like, \u2018Wait, what?\u2019 Mid-kiss! And then she\u2019d be like, \u2018OK, great, let\u2019s do that,\u2019\u201d Raver said of directing their makeout. \u201cIt just was incredible to have such an amazing partner who has such fabulous qualities of generosity, intelligence, laughter, ease and professionalism. We\u2019re so lucky to have her playing Cass because it\u2019s a complicated role. Everyone loves her. I felt so lucky. She\u2019s really a woman who supports other women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raver added that she thinks Bush \u201cmakes the whole relationship stand out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn camera, she has this incredible, like, sparkle about her,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s this effortless, really wonderful quality. It\u2019s not someone coming in and breaking up a marriage. Her character is really illuminating that there are other ways than the traditional ways of having a relationship, and that everyone has to choose their own path.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.7516930022573\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/fall-2024-tv-couples-that-need-to-get-together-9-1-1-and-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Fall 2024 TV Couples That Need to Get Together: &#8216;9-1-1,&#8217; &#8216;Rivals&#8217; and More<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tDisney\/Chris Willard; SteveSands\/NewYorkNewswire\/MEGA From Buck and Eddie on 9-1-1 to Benson and Stabler on Law &amp; Order: SVU, there are many fictional couples \u2014 or almost couples \u2014 that deserve our attention this fall TV season. Benson (Mariska Hargitay) and Stabler (Christopher Meloni) might seem like the obvious choice, but it has been nearly 25 [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Raver noted that Cass is \u201cnot forcing\u201d anything on Teddy. \u201cWhat\u2019s cool about this episode is Teddy\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m fully ready to have that conversation,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s also about consent, and I think that that\u2019s a really important thing. Consent from all ends \u2014 consent from Owen, consent from Cass, Teddy being mature and cool on her end. It\u2019s a very mindful exploration of this open marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Teddy and Cass get hot and heavy for a minute, fans see Teddy actually changes her mind mid-makeout.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really amazing that Teddy comes to the realization before, like, making love. She\u2019s like, \u2018This is not gonna fix my marriage. I thought this was gonna be a fix,\u2019\u201d Raver told Us. \u201cFor her, she realizes it feels too much like cheating, and it feels too much like the road that she had been on before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owen, for his part, spends the episode with Nora (<strong>Floriana Lima<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so many layers and is so complicated,\u201d Raver said. \u201cFloriana is another amazing, generous, fantastic, talented, woman. I had to choreograph the love scene; It\u2019s very choreographed. We have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/stars-candid-quotes-about-working-with-intimacy-coordinators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intimacy coordinator<\/a>, but Sophia, Floriana were just such rock stars in terms of being able to delineate Teddy and our relationship, but then me directing. They were so open to trying things and playing around with things.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article\" wp_automatic_readability=\"10.39588688946\">\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/biggest-greys-anatomy-returns-over-the-years\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Biggest \u2018Grey\u2018s Anatomy\u2018 Returns Ever<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThroughout its lengthy run, Grey\u2019s Anatomy has said goodbye \u2014 and then hello again \u2014 to countless popular characters. As the first series regular to exit from the ABC medical drama, fans were surprised when Isaiah Washington (Preston Burke) returned to Grey\u2019s Anatomy in 2014 \u2014 seven years after he was fired for using a [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Raver also laughed about being the one to direct McKidd with a new love interest. \u201cMe telling Kevin, like, \u2018OK, I need you to kiss her more, bring the comforter down more\u2019 \u2014 I felt so excited to tell the story and it made it very easy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the episode, fans are left unsure of what is next for Owen and Teddy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted the \u2018oh my God\u2019 moment where people are throwing things at the television, going, \u2018What?!\u2019\u201d Raver told <em>Us<\/em>. \u201cThe way it goes to black, and there\u2019s this a cappella music playing. I wanted that to be so shocking.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \" wp_automatic_readability=\"8.5\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Raver also warns fans to get ready for the remaining episodes in the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen with them, and that\u2019s so sad and scary. It\u2019s definitely gonna be a roller-coaster,\u201d she said. \u201cWe just finished the finale and I\u2019m not gonna give anything away. I would just say, \u2018Buckle up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Grey\u2019s Anatomy<\/em> airs on ABC Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/greys-anatomy-kim-raver-on-teddy-and-owens-open-marriage-sophia-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grey\u2019s Anatomy star Kim Raver was shocked by Teddy and Owen\u2019s decision to open their marriage \u2014 but more than ready to take on the challenge as an actress and director. \u201cIt\u2019s such a tricky topic, and we\u2019ve never done it on Grey\u2019s. Everyone you talk to has very strong feelings about it. 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