Surgery Secrets with Grey's Anatomy's Camilla Luddington

Surgery Secrets with Grey's Anatomy's Camilla Luddington
About this video
The YH Studio welcomes back the lovely Camilla Luddington, who stops by to tell us what she's learned during her stint on ABC's long-running medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" and what dream guest star she'd love to see make an appearance! She also explains why she loves Instagram over all other social media platforms, plus she reveals what job she would have if she'd never become an actor!
CHAPTERS
KEY MOMENTS
KEY TOPICS
FULL TRANSCRIPT
Read alongShow ↓
If you could have anyone guest star on Grey's Anatomy, who would it be?
Anyone. Oh my god, that's amazing. Obviously, you. What will- I I I- that's a lie. That's such a lie. And you could be killed in the first ten minutes.
Hang on. If I'm going to be on it, can't I be recurring or a series regular? I'm dying within the first ten minutes. You're immediately dead.
Hello.
I'm here on the Anglian sofa with the gorgeous Camilla Luddington. Hello.
Hi. Back finally. Back again. Thanks for inviting me.
Back again like. Yeah. Years like you're 21 now.
I'm 23. I'm 20, finally I can drink.
21, you can drink. Well, you could anyway, cuz 18 in England. Yes, it's not here, but thank God. 21 years old. Yeah. And you haven't lost your accent.
It's going. I don't think it is. Don't you think so? No.
A little bit. Which is great, because so many of my British friends that live in L. A. now, come here for like six months and they're already. They're like, oh my god. I'm so hot right now. You haven't lost yours either, though.
No, I haven't. No, no. Hanging on to it. Gripping on to it. Gripping on. For dear life. It's the only thing that makes me different.
That's it. That's it. It's an British shows go a long time. 30 years. But the American culture is brutal.
No. Just acts. I know. 12 years and our ratings are still amazing. Yeah. I have to say that just because I'm so proud of it, all 12 seasons.
You should be. You should be. You should be. I'm not just saying this, but this finale might be one of my favorite episodes. I think it's so clever. No, I'm serious. I'm not just I'm not just saying that. Really. Honestly.
It sounds like hours of media training before she came in. No, I'm being serious.
Okay, okay. It's crazy.
It really is. Yeah, it really is. I I think before this, one of my favorite things was Alex and Joe in one episode in my first season got absolutely faced. And that was really fun. All these shows, obviously, people guest star and coming in and out. If you could have anyone guest star on Grey's Anatomy, who would it be?
Anyone. Oh my god, that's amazing. Obviously, you. What will- I I I- that's a lie. That's such a lie. And you could be killed in the first ten minutes.
Hang on. If I'm going to be on it, can't I be recurring or a series regular? I'm dying within the first ten minutes.
You're immediately dead. Like, a like a you dead person. Like you'd already be dead on arrival.
This is not going to show off my acting chops, thank you. I'm a mute dead person.
Yes, sorry. Not really saving you. Who would I like, honestly?
Who would you like? Who would I like? I would say someone like Tom Hanks, because you know what, Tom Hanks is amazing, but he also has a reputation for being really nice.
Right, right. So you want someone that's like going to bring some good energy with them. Okay. Okay. I like that, too. Tom Hanks could do it.
Totally. I I think if the producers hit him up and was like, you know, Tom, we're on season 12 now. Don't come on.
Do you consider yourself to be somewhat of a doctor now? Like if you have you started being like healthy, you know, all the cures, you know, this, you like, you're telling your friends.
Yeah. No, I think it's only I was actually just talking about this earlier with someone. I think it's made me way more paranoid. Because now I feel like I'm learning everything that could possibly go wrong at any point. So it's like a paper cut, I'm like, oh my god. Oh my god.
You're dying. You're dying. It's infected.
Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So it's made me more paranoid. But no smarter, probably.
Okay. Is there one thing that you've learned from it that you never thought you'd know before? Like when you came on to the show, something that like I mean, I always think of doctors, they know these really long words.
I mean, I do know some you know what's funny is in one of my first episodes, I did an appendectomy, which is like removing the appendix.
You lost me already.
It's removing your appendix. And I think that if you, let's say, had, you know, needed one right now. Right. I might be able to do it.
Really?
I kind of remember how to do it.
Well, it's a coincidence because I have an appendectomy. Appendectomy. I got it right. I got it right. And what would that entail?
It's cutting you right here. It's right here. You're going right there. Okay. And then you have to seal off something and cut it off and do a little twisty knot. These are the-
Hang on. Sorry. Let's just clarify. You started this by saying you thought you could do it. If you do ever operate on someone, maybe stay quiet.
I will. Because I'll just be so into it.
Right. Because if you start even saying the things like, I'm going to twist it, I'm going to do this, it just doesn't work. Georgie's even worried right now. She's like, I don't trust this girl. I don't trust this girl. I don't trust this girl. Yeah. Don't do anything. Stay there. Stay there, Georgie. It's fine. She's just acting. She's not a doctor. Wow. She does seem suspicious.
Well, wouldn't you? Yeah, I would. Yeah, exactly.
And we're just we're going to discover some stuff about you. Okay, go for it. Favorite social media platform and why?
Instagram. Why? Because I feel like there's I feel like Twitter, it takes me more time to think of what I want to say, and I think you can just post a picture on there.
So you're more expressive with photos and not words.
Visual, what do I say? Yeah, I'm not I have not started Snapchat, but I keep getting asked to do it.
I haven't done Snapchat either. I haven't done Snapchat either. I feel like it could get overwhelming. Have you done Face Swap yet?
No.
Oh, Face Swap's disturbing. Oh my god, it's a whole new world.
I've seen it though, but I haven't done it.
Okay, we might have to do that. Okay. What is uh, what's on your Netflix watch list?
I I spoke about Netflix, obviously, that I I do it too much. Oh man. Well, fun Netflix, probably Orange Is the New Black.
Okay. Okay. Still not done that either, which is terrible. You haven't. We have so many other casts in here. It's so good. Yeah. So good. What's a mobile app that you can't live without?
God, a mobile app I can't live without. I guess Facebook, actually.
Really? Because my Facebook's very private, so it's not like. Cuz I was going to say I wouldn't have thought you'd be on Facebook cuz you'll get loads of stalkers. I'm private on Facebook. I would have totally stalked you if I was on Facebook. Do you have a different name?
Yeah.
What is it?
Don't worry about it.
Oliver. Give us a clue. No. Does it begin with C? No. Does it begin with D? I'm not. Um, go through the whole thing. If you could remake any TV show or movie. Remake any TV show or movie. Any TV show or movie. What would it be?
This is hard because like, I love The Goonies.
No one said it's going to be easy.
The Goonies is my favorite movie. I love The Goonies. That's my favorite The Goonies and Princess Bride.
You can't. Yeah, I do like Princess Bride too, but Goonies is amazing, but I don't feel like you can't remake. I think they are remaking it. The Goonies?
Yeah. Yeah, they're remaking it. Really?
Yeah. True story. Oh man. What would you have been if you wasn't an actor?
I would have been a ghost hunter. I'm serious, because I will I'm serious. I watch those shows where they go in and they like find ghosts and they talk to them. And I think I would have been pretty good at it.
Have you done that? Have you tried it?
No, because I'm also scared of ghosts. Okay. So I wouldn't want to summon it unless you know.
So you would be a great ghost hunter because you're scared of ghosts.
If I got paid to do it, I would do it. I would go in. Okay. Yeah. So it's all about money.
100%. So basically do it if you're paid. Okay, great. Good stuff. Good stuff. What's a fashion item that you can't live without?
I love actually, I'm wearing silver today. I usually wear gold. I love simple gold rings. Okay. That's good. I wear it with almost everything.
Gold rings. Gold rings with almost everything. I feel like they go with gold. I'm like a magpie. Like if it's shiny and gold. And the last two questions, it's all about money and if it's shiny and gold.
You have the wrong impression.
Well, you're giving it. You're giving it. I'm only asking the questions. You're delivering the answers.
That's all I can do.
Um, what is something that you've discovered this week?
I discovered this week what happens to Jon Snow. Oh, I don't know. You can't tell me. I'm not going to tell you. Okay, you can't tell me. But I'm still recovering. You should learn something every day. Make you. I'm still recovering from Game of Thrones. Okay. You don't know you haven't seen it yet. It kind of does it. You haven't seen it.
I haven't seen it. Okay. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen it. What? 12 seasons of Grey's Anatomy to catch up on. Did you watch all 12? All 12 seasons. Really? That was a lie. Yeah. You have you though? You good little doctor.
Thanks. I like it. I try.
Even in house. I actually really love that lot. Do you? Yeah, because it's one of my favorite sets. Like when you go in there, they they got this is super girly, but they got a bunch of stuff off Pinterest. And so there's like lots of little cute nooks and crannies to it. So I like it.
Nooks and crannies. Haven't heard that for so long. Is that English? I think so. Do Americans say nooks and crannies? Oh, they do. Well, we obviously created it first. Obviously. We're British. We create everything.
Yeah.
Grey's Anatomy. 12 seasons.
12 seasons.
How many episodes? Yeah. How many episodes can we watch you in? Cuz I'm going to then.
Over a hundred.
100 episodes, which is I'm not going to do the math. I was going to try and work out minutes including commercial breaks. It's a lot. I've learned today that you're terrible at math.
Uh, 2 * 2 is 4, 4 * 4 is 16, 5 * 5 is 25, 6 * 6 is 36, 7 * 7 is 49. Who's bad at math now?
Timestamps are approximate — click one to jump the player.
PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Camilla Luddington
Interview subject, discusses her role on Grey's Anatomy
- Alex
Character mentioned from Grey's Anatomy
- Joe
Character mentioned from Grey's Anatomy
- Tom Hanks
Camilla Luddington's dream guest star for Grey's Anatomy
- Georgie
Someone mentioned by the interviewer
- Jon Snow
Character from Game of Thrones whose fate was discussed
FAQ
What show does Camilla Luddington currently star in?+
Who would Camilla Luddington like to see guest star on Grey's Anatomy?+
How has being on Grey's Anatomy affected Camilla Luddington?+
What is Camilla Luddington's favorite social media platform?+
What would Camilla Luddington have been if she wasn't an actress?+
MORE FROM YH STUDIO
Hand-picked by the Young Hollywood editors — the stories shaping YH Studio this week.







