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This post contains spoilers from Thursday’s episode ofGrey’s Anatomy.
Could Jo Wilson have a new potential love interest onGrey’s Anatomy?
Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE, Page, 46, says that his character and Jo “strike up a very genuine relationship” after he was hospitalized with severe injuries on the series.
“We have a lot of good conversations and everything that starts kind of on the surface really goes deeper as the long run in the hospital [continues],” says Page, who has a recurring role on the show.
During the pair’s first meeting, Sam told Jo, “This may come across as forward but I might be dying in the next 18 hours so I’m going to ask, are you single? Remember I might be dying so if you’re not, you could lie.”
“I’m single,” she responded as he added, “Great! Now, I have something to live for.”
Page admits that doing the scene with Luddington “was so fun, because it was almost as if, going into surgery, Sam is in a mindset of: ‘Here I go. I’m going to jump off this mountain, spread my wings, and hopefully survive this.'”
He adds: “He’s cavalier in that moment too, but there’s some real fear.”
The bold gesture comes as Jo and Atticus “Link” Lincoln (Chris Carmack) continue in arelationship gray zone. Over the last few episodes, they havegrown closerbut Link has still struggled to find the right moment to tell Jo that he thinks of her as more than a friend.
Camilla Luddington as Jo Wilson.Gilles Mingasson/ABC via Getty Images
During his conversation with PEOPLE, Page — whose other credits includeThe Bold Type,Gossip Girland Hallmark’sChristmas in Rome— also opens up about how the new group interns have brought fresh energy to the set ofGrey’s Anatomy.
“I don’t know, it’s hard to kind of explain, but it had an energy of maybe a rebirth,” he continues. “And I would hear separately from the other actors who had been there for a while who were just having a lot of fun and talking about how this kind of influx of these young characters and these big storylines for them has given such great energy to the show. And it really has.”
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Adds Page: “I wasn’t there before that, so I wouldn’t know what that was like, but there’s an extraordinary sense of excitement on set at all times, which is something you kind of don’t expect in the 420th episode of a show.”
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Grey’s Anatomyairs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on ABC.
source: people.com
