Grey's Anatomy co-star Jerrika Hinton has been cast as the female lead opposite Jono Kenyon in Toast, ABC's hybrid comedy pilot executive produced by Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. The project hails from Rhimes and Betsy Beers' Shondaland, Scott Foley and Greg Grunberg.
Hinton's casting in Toast will have no immediate impact on her status on Grey's Anatomy, where she is a regular, playing surgical resident Stephanie Edwards. If Toast goes to series, that will likely be revisited. There are no plans in place but I hear there is a possibility for her to do both shows, likely scaling back her duties on Grey's for logistical reasons.
Written by Foley and Grunberg and directed by Gail Mancuso, Toast revolves around engaged couple Max Leeds (Kenyon) and Page (Hinton), who, over their wedding rehearsal dinner, have their eclectic family and friends give toasts recalling anecdotes about the couple — but flashbacks reveal that the toasts don't always get it right, as we watch the true story of their complicated, funny and relatable road to marriage.
Hinton's Page is Max's confident, no-nonsense, self-aware, soon-to-be bride. She's spent most of her life working very hard but feeling a bit sheltered by her well-to-do Texas family. In an effort to break the mold, Page finds herself wanting to take a risk with the charismatic but awkward Max.
In addition to Hinton, Shondaland also recruited Grey's alumna Tessa Ferrer for a co-starring role in Toasts.
Hinton, who also guest starred on Rhimes' ABC drama Scandal, started on Grey's as a recurring in Season 9 and was promoted to regular at the beginning of Season 10 of the veteran medical drama, now in its 12th season. She is repped by Greene & Associates, Myman Greenspan and Trademark Talent.
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