Skylar Astin, Who Appeared in The Film Pitch Perfect, Will Appear On Grey’s Anatomy Season 18.
Skylar Aston, best known as the star of 2012’s Pitch Perfect joins Grey’s Anatomy’s season 18 to play a possible love interest for Jo Wilson.
Skylar will join the cast of Grey’s Anatomy in season 18 as a recurring character. Shonda Rhimes created the long-running medical series, which originally aired on ABC in 2005.
The series follows Dr. Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo), from her beginnings as an intern to her becoming Chief of General Surgery. Over the years the series has seen many changes in the cast, but Pompeo along with her co-stars Chandra Wilson & James Pickens Jr. are still present in each episode.
Grey’s Anatomy, which is currently on air, started its 18th season on September 30th, 2021. This season has seen some major cast changes, such as the return of You actor Scott Speedman following a brief appearance in previous seasons and the departure of a major character on episode 9 last weekend.
The biggest news of the season is the return to Grey’s Anatomy’s Dr. Addison Montgomery by Kate Walsh. She hadn’t been seen since season 8 of Grey’s Anatomy.
According to Variety, Grey’s Anatomy’s season 18 cast will be adding another member. Skylar Aston will join the series as Todd Eames in a recurring part. He is the brother of an expectant patient. The charming environmental science Ph.D.
who will debut on the 25th March episode “Put the Squeeze on Me”, may end up as a romantic interest that throws a wrench in the love life of Camilla Luddington’s character Jo Wilson.
Skylar, a veteran stage actor who has also worked in television and film, first gained recognition as Anna Kendrick’s love interest in the 2012 cappella comedy Pitch Perfect. Since then, he’s starred in several films. However, he is now focusing on the small screen.
He played Greg, the role previously portrayed by Santino Fontana on the musical comedy show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Then he stayed with the musical genre and appeared in both seasons of NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist as well as The Roku Channel’s follow-up Zoey’s Extraordinary Holiday.
Grey’s Anatomy is the first non-musical television show that the actor will have starred in. Astin’s fans already know that he can deliver a great straight-acting performance.
However, it will be fascinating to see how the actor performs in a more dramatic and serious show than what he usually does. He will need to use his theatre background to give the show the gravitas it needs.
FAQs
Is Skylar Astin going to be on Grey’s Anatomy?
Skylar Aston will be joining Grey’s Anatomy in a new role, Dr. Todd Earnes. The first episode of his recurring role is “Put the Squeeze on Me” from season 18.
Is the guy from Pitch Perfect in GREY’s Anatomy?
Skylar Aston, who was a former star of “Pitch Perfect” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” has been cast in “Grey’s Anatomy,” where she will have a recurring part.
Who is the surprise guest on GREY’s Anatomy Season 18?
Speedman made his debut in Grey’s Anatomy’s season premiere, as the surprise reveal of the “someone in Meredith’s history comes back” tease ABC had been running in promotional material for the Thursday premiere.
Will Alex ever return to Greys?
Us Weekly confirms that Chambers will not be returning to the show. Chambers announced that in January 2020 he was no longer playing Dr. Alex Karaev on ABC’s medical drama after 16 seasons.
Is Alexis coming back to GREY’s Anatomy in season 19?
Exclusive: Alexis Floyd, the breakout star of Inventing Anna, will join another Shondaland series, Grey’s Anatomy. She will be a regular in the highly popular ABC medical drama’s 19th season. Floyd will portray Simone Griffin, the new first-year resident surgeon at Grey Sloan.
