Grey’s Anatomy: Sarah Drew makes a surprising revelation about April’s character

For nearly 200 episodes, Sarah Drew played April Kepner on Grey’s Anatomy. Now an iconic character, she has long been defined by her faith and desire to remain a virgin until marriage. However, the actress revealed a few months ago that April looked almost completely different.

April must have slept with Mark Sloan

Last October, Sarah Drew was a guest on the Call It What It Is podcast hosted by her former co-stars Jessica Capshaw (Arizona) and Camilla Ludington (Joe). When asked about her Grey’s Anatomy experience, the actress revealed a few secrets, including the fact that at one point April had to sleep with Mark Sloan (Eric Dane).

“Before they made my character a devotee of Jesus and a virgin, there’s a scene where Sloane and Reed (Nora Zehetner) sleeping together, one night stand. It should have been me at first. It must have been AprilSarah Drew explained.

“April was supposed to have an affair with Sloan and it was in the first version of the script and then it was changed. I didn’t have anything, but they changed their mind.” a change that clearly changed the trajectory of this character.

April truly created one of the medical series’ most iconic pairings with Jackson (Jesse Williams). Not sure if this marriage would have existed if she slept with Mark.

“I was fired unceremoniously”…

In the same podcast, Sarah Drew revisited her controversial departure from Grey’s Anatomy. “I was unceremoniously fired in a way that felt bad and unfair, and because of that I received an outpouring of love that was as strong as if I was watching my own praise.“- confided the actor.

Sarah Drew’s departure at the end of season 14 came as a surprise to both her and fans of the medical series. At the time, he admitted that his firing was tied to too many Grey’s Anatomy characters.

“They needed to downsize because they couldn’t handle all the characters effectively“- he revealed The Hollywood Reporter. Today, he managed to move on from this iconic role and even made a few appearances on Grey’s Anatomy. An experience that was “liberating” for him.