But not for the role you may think.
LostalumYunjin Kimalmost traded in sandy beaches and smoke monsters for hospital scrubs.
Before she landed on the mysterious island (a.k.a.
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“Lostwas one of my first auditions butGrey’s Anatomywas my first.
I did not audition forSandra Oh’s character [Cristina Yang], it was for Izzie.
And I got a callback.”
“My character was written after my audition; Sun became Sun after my audition,” Kim says.
“They were like, ‘You’re so good but you’re not right for Kate.’
I thought, ‘Great, I had a great audition withJ.J.
Abrams, I’m happy with that,’ and kind of closed the chapter on that.
I got a call a couple hours later from my agent, and they were super excited.
They’re like, ‘They’re going to write a role for you.’
I had a phone call with J.J. for about 40 minutes [after that].”
But Kim still kept herGrey’s Anatomycallback for the role of Izzie Stevens on the books just in case.
“And I was like, ‘I’m going to go and do this callback.’
My agents were like, ‘Why?
You got cast on an amazing show.
You should pack up and attempt to find a place in Hawaii.’
I was like, ‘I don’t know, I might likeGrey’s Anatomymore.'”
She laughs before continuing, “I didn’t want to put all my eggs in one basket.
What if this falls out, you know?
I had no guarantee.
But anyway, I ended up not going back to the callback.”
And now we can’t imagine either of those roles being played by anyone else.
