Camilla Luddington on Taylor Swift Track That Helped with Gray’s Anatomy Storyline

Camilla Luddington turned to an iconic Taylor Swift track whereas filming an intense story on Gray’s Anatomy.

The 40-year-old actress — who has starred as Jo Wilson on the hit ABC medical drama since 2012 — revealed on her and Jessica Capshaw’s podcast Name It What It Is that she listened to Swift’s track “Clear” whereas filming her character’s home abuse storyline in season 14.

“I listened to ‘Clear’ whereas I used to be doing [the] episode with Paul, her husband,” Luddington advised her former costar Capshaw whereas answering a fan’s query about filming ritual. “It was like this track that simply received me on this place.”

“Clear,” which was featured on Swift’s 2014 album 1989, contains the lyrics, “The rain got here pouring down/Once I was drownin’, that is after I may lastly breathe/And by mornin’/Gone was any hint of you, I believe I’m lastly clear.”

As followers might recall, Jo got here face-to-face together with her estranged husband Paul (Matthew Morrison), who returned to Gray Sloan Memorial after it got here to mild that he had abused Jo. On the hospital, Jo tried to assist his fiancée Jenny (Bethany Pleasure Lenz) escape from Paul.

“I used to be anticipating capturing this episode for therefore lengthy — it’s been over a full season since Jo and viewers discovered that she had an abusive ex-husband,” Luddington advised The Hollywood Reporter in January 2018. “I used to be nervous concerning the materials as a result of I felt the burden of it. [In preparing for the role], I used to be amazed at how many individuals have had this expertise.”

The identical month, the actress recalled to Bustle her preliminary response at seeing the storyline, saying, “It was very painful and uncomfortable to learn after which to play, however I positively felt the burden of you realize, probably followers of the present watching who had skilled this earlier than.”

She added needed the storyline to “assist educate individuals who have misconceptions about what home violence is or appears to be like like.”

This isn’t the primary time that the forged of Gray’s Anatomy has proven their appreciation for Swift’s music.

In a way more lighthearted second, Luddington teamed up with Chris Carmack as their respective characters to precise their “love” for each other in epic singalong movies to a few of Taylor Swift’s hits on Valentine’s Day in 2023.

Mates-turned-lovers Luddington and Atticus “Hyperlink” Lincoln (Carmack) sang alongside to Swift’s “You are On Your Personal, Child.”

“Summer season went away, nonetheless, the craving stays, I play it cool with one of the best of them,” Carmack, 43, sang.

The digicam then panned to Luddington, who sang, “I wait patiently, he is gonna discover me, it is okay, we’re one of the best of mates.” The duo then stood and checked out one another awkwardly as they sang, “Anyway…”

“‘Completely happy’ Valentine’s Day #greysanatomy,” Luddington wrote on Instagram, alongside their lip-syncing video.

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Gray’s Anatomy airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.

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