Sandra Oh was just as obsessed with 'Scandal' and Olivia Pope as we were.
"I remember going to Shonda, and it’s like, 'How could I do this? What is this script? Could I do this too?'" Oh recalls."She goes, 'No, you’ve got to play Cristina Yang!'"
"It’s so wonderful and rare when you get in your hands something that you know is electric, that you can feel," she continues, adding that she's"so glad" Washington ended up booking the project., she admits,"I don’t feel like there’s anything that I haven’t been asked to make real." "It’s just a gymnasium of character, where you’re just required to, week after week, be in these heightened experiences of the most important moments of a person’s life, so that requires a level of athleticism almost," Washington explains."I felt like I, too, was very protective of Olivia Pope -- and devoted. Maybe that’s the right word: I was so devoted to her.
"But I think ultimately, for the entire product and our relationship, if you’re fighting for the show, if you’re fighting for your character, people can tell that," she adds.
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