Grey's Anatomy: Meet the New Mercy Wester

Seattle Grace will be rocked to its core Thursday when it merges with Mercy West Hospital. New doctors mean new drama on Grey's Anatomy, and there will be plenty of it with the introduction of Reed (Nora Zehetner) and her Mercy West cohorts.

TVGuide.com caught up with the 28-year-old Zehetner (Brick, Heroes) to get the scoop on what's coming up. Expect a lot of fighting, and a few new relationships. Find out what else ...

TVGuide.com: Did you have fun taking on this persona unlike anything you've played before?
Zehetner: Yeah, it's different. It's probably the most grown-up role I've had. My friends all laugh whenever I tell them I'm playing a doctor. The doctor stuff is really hard, not just the medical terminology, actually the multitasking. Having to do these surgeries or medical procedures while saying lines, it's like rubbing your head and patting your tummy at the same time.

TVGuide.com: Isn't it rubbing your tummy and patting your head?
Zehetner: [Laughs] You can see I would not be very good at the multitasking if I can't even get the expression right.

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TVGuide.com: So tell us about Reed and the other doctors coming into Seattle Grace.
Zehetner: It's like going to a new school. It's like two schools being merged together and you're trying to figure out where do I fit in? You want to be the best and do the best job. We're all worried about our jobs. Reed's very feisty and a very hardworking doctor. She's maybe a little overeager, trying really hard.

TVGuide.com: Which Seattle Grace doc would you say is similar to Reed?
Zehetner: Maybe a bit like Cristina [Sandra Oh], maybe a bit like Karev [Justin Chambers]. In terms of how motivated she is, maybe Cristina. I definitely butt heads with quite a few of the characters. It's kind of in her nature; she can be a little abrasive.

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TVGuide.com: Are these new doctors welcomed into the hospital?
Zehetner: No, there's enough fighting between the Seattle Grace doctors to get the best surgeries and establish their place. They're now getting along and are more established in their roles, so to have people come in and shake that up, I don't think we're very welcome. I don't think we're very happy to have to go into a new place and re-establish ourselves. There's a lot of jockeying over surgeries and a lot of drama.

TVGuide.com: Since there are so many people around, does it almost make the hospital fall apart even more?
Zehetner: Yeah, it's definitely much more chaotic, which is not the best thing in a hospital.

TVGuide.com: Is there anyone Reed actually gets along with?
Zehetner: She's very good friends with Sarah Drew's character, April, whose one of the new doctors coming in. I think the Mercy West doctors are somewhat friendly. Whether they were good friends before that, I don't know, but once you go together, you band together because it's us vs. them.

TVGuide.com: Do the four new doctors bring any secrets over to Seattle Grace that we'll discover as we get to know them?
Zehetner: Everybody has secrets.

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TVGuide.com: Fair enough. There are a lot of hot doctors at Seattle Grace. Will any of the Mercy Westers go after any of the men?
Zehetner: Yeah, they're all hot. I don't know about that yet. Everybody at some point has some sort of romance on that show. I hope so. I don't know with whom yet.

TVGuide.com: Who would you like to see Reed get with?
Zehetner: I can't choose. They're all very attractive in their own way. Who would you choose?

TVGuide.com: No judgment. McDreamy, McSteamy and Alex Karev.
Zehetner: [Laughs] I also think Kevin McKidd is super sexy.

TVGuide.com: Him too! So no sharing any kisses yet?
Zehetner: No, but I keep making this joke during all the surgery stuff. I'm, like, just throw me in that make-out closet, I'll be fine there, I don't need to do surgeries, but I should probably not say that as it is a show about surgeries — partially.