He opens the door to that place in him and effortlessly becomes a king, becomes a leader of that room, becomes a partner for Charlotte and a teammate.

That rewriting was a brilliant decision because it’s something that we didn’t see, and it’s a chance for George to step up, but it was also a chance for me to step up as an actor because I had the lines for six hours which was actually really fun. You’re in reality.” I think what Shonda thought was that we had enough of those moments already in that episode and so at the very last minute decided to write it differently. Originally Charlotte was having to calm George down because all the medical implements and stress of the situation were triggering George, and Charlotte was having to give birth and comfort him saying “You’re here, my love. So that scene was not going to be that scene. How important was it, given the time period and the men trying to stop him, that George helps Charlotte through the birth scene? But George and Reynolds have had a lifetime together, and they have been childhood friends. I think that by the end of the show, Brimsley and Charlotte are halfway there. He is his compass and his rock and his light. And if there was a North Star not for me as an actor for George, it is Reynolds. One of them is Charlotte, and one of them has always been and will always be Reynolds. George ends the show with two great loves of his life. Oh I’d say closer, but that’s partly because Fred is now my best mate. Would you say that King George has as close of a relationship with Reynolds as Charlotte does with Brimsley? How would you describe that dynamic?

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