Had Toast gone to series, Hinton was planning to pull double duty on both shows, with her time on Grey’s getting cut back in the process.
As Hinton tells THR, though, when the show wasn’t picked up, it forced her to take a long, hard look at where her career was going.
In March of 2016, Hinton was cast as the lead in the Shondaland comedy pilot Toast, which detailed the shared pasts of a group of wedding rehearsal dinner attendees.
If any of you are reading Shonda Rhimes’ words to The Hollywood Reporter and wondering why someone would leave a hit show like Grey’s Anatomy after only five seasons when the drama is still going strong, you can take heart in the fact that Jerrika Hinton didn’t just decide to walk out one day.