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Dr. Jackson Avery pager. Jesse Williams will return to Grey’s Anatomy for a brief appearance in the 400th episode, and he teases that Japril fans will be very happy.
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“I think a dart would shoot me in the neck if I told you what’s going to happen with Japril,” Williams, 40, said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen on Monday, May 9.
He continued, vaguely teasing: “They exist in one form or one way, and you will see them on screen, maybe on the same screen. That’s all I can say ”.
Jesse Williams See What Happens Live With Andy Cohen / YouTube
The 400th episode of Grey’s Anatomy – which will also serve as the season 18 finale – may not be Wililams’ last chance to return to the series, which he expects to continue for quite some time. “The Grays will outlive all of us,” she joked. The show was renewed during season 19, which starts in the fall.
The Little Fires Everywhere alum left Grey’s Anatomy in May 2021 after 12 seasons on ABC’s medical drama. The episode of the seventeenth season saw his character, Dr. Avery, leave Seattle’s Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital for Boston, where he planned to take over his family’s foundation in hopes of playing a bigger role in addressing racism. systemic in the medical field.
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Before he left, the plastic surgeon also reconnected with his ex-wife, Dr. April Kepner (Sarah Drew, who left Grey’s in season 14), and she agreed to join him in Boston with their daughter. , Harriet, leaving the door open for a reconciliation.
“We were asked a few weeks ago,” Williams told WWHL of the return of his Grey’s. “I think it came out of the press the moment we said OK.”
Jesse Williams and Sarah Drew ABC / Richard Cartwright
The pair have already filmed the season finale scene. Drew shared a video of their reunion on set via Instagram on April 25th. “Thanks for coming to New York for the show,” joked Williams.
Everwood’s alum burst out laughing. “He’s so mad I haven’t come to #takemeout yet,” she captioned the clip.
Williams is currently starring in Broadway’s Take Me Out, which earned him his first Tony Award nomination. He is nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play and the production is nominated for Best Revival of a Play.
Jesse Williams ABC / Craig Sjodin
Even though he wants his friends and family to support him, he prefers not to know who is in the audience watching him in his full nude scenes.
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“I wasn’t nervous that they saw me,” the Chicago native told host Andy Cohen on Monday. “I didn’t know Ellen [Pompeo] or Debbie [Allen] they were coming, and in the first few weeks of production I learned that I didn’t want to know. I thought I was confident, ‘Oh yeah sure, tell me’ and I realized I didn’t want to know. Absolutely not.”
Grey’s Anatomy airs on ABC Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET.
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