star Camilla Luddington has said she wasn't hired for a CW show because the casting director didn't think she was "pretty enough." Luddington plays Dr. Josephine "Jo" Wilson in the series, having joined the cast in 2012.
She hosts the podcast alongside her friend and former star Jessica Capshaw. Capshaw became a regular on the medical drama as pediatric surgeon Arizona Robbins. She left in March 2018 after starring in 11 seasons of the hit show.
Although Luddington and Capshaw's characters weren't close on , the pair became friends off-screen. Now the two women talk about their lives and share interesting stories on their podcast. On Monday, the pair discussed beauty standards in the entertainment industry for their episode "Call It Photoshop.
" "I wanna know if you have ever—because I have a story—have ever lost a role based on your looks. Because I, back in the day, auditioned for a CW show that I did not get and the casting director's feedback was, I was not pretty enough for the CW," Luddington claimed. emailed a spokesperson for CW for comment on Wednesday.
Laughing in frustration, Capshaw responded: "Not pretty eno—excuse you CW! Like, says who, first of all." "You know what's funny, I was like 'What the f—what the f*** ever,' I was like 'Whatever. Moving on.
' It honestly didn't, like, I think because at that point I'd had so many no's in my career I was like, 'Joke's on you, get in line with the rejection,'" Luddington said. Capshaw apologized to her fellow acto.