Chris O’Donnell Reveals Which of His“ ”Old “Grey’s Anatomy” Castmates He’d Like to See Show Up on “9-1-1: Nashville” (Exclusive)

Chris O’Donnell revealed which of his erstwhile Grey’s Anatomy castmates he'd for illustration to spot look connected his latest project, 9-1-1: Nashville.

O’Donnell, 55, precocious caught up pinch PEOPLE exclusively during nan 9-1-1 premiere astatine nan W Hotel successful Nashville connected Oct. 7. During nan conversation, nan actor, who played 1 of Meredith’s emotion interests connected Grey’s seasons 2 and 3 successful nan mid-2000s, shared who he thought mightiness “fit in” connected his caller show.

“They were each great,” O’Donnell says of nan Grey’s cast. “I mean, Sandra [Oh] … There's truthful galore talented actors. Patrick [Dempsey] utilized to unrecorded successful my neighborhood. I haven't seen him successful forever. ... Ellen [Pompeo].”

“Ellen's still doing nan show, I think, aliases astatine slightest part-time. It's been, I think, what, 20, 25 years?” he adds of Grey’s Anatomy, which is successful its 22nd season aft premiering 20 years agone successful 2005.

The character is already costarring successful 9-1-1: Nashville pinch 1 of his erstwhile Grey’s colleagues: Jessica Capshaw, 49, who he besides worked pinch successful nan Boston-based ineligible play The Practice.

“We, you know, overlapped connected a mates different shows, which is simply a mini world,” he says of nan coincidence while speaking to PEOPLE.

9-1-1: Nashville is nan 3rd and astir caller bid successful nan 9-1-1 universe. The original 9-1-1 premiered successful 2018 and takes spot successful L.A., and was followed by 9-1-1: Lone Star successful 2020, which follows a squad of first responders successful Austin, Texas.

The Batman & Robin star went connected to talk his attack to nan caller series, noting that each an character tin do is activity difficult and enactment focussed — because nan remainder is retired of their hands.

"All you tin do is hole and spell successful pinch nan cognition that I'm gonna activity arsenic difficult arsenic I tin and hole arsenic difficult arsenic I can, and let's dream group tune in. ... I can't show you really galore shows person nan champion writers, directors, actors you ever heard of, and you’re like, ‘How is that not a hit?’ “ he says.

“There's nary rhyme aliases logic to this. It really is lightning successful a bottle,” he adds.

The caller show shoots connected location successful Tennessee, and O’ Donnell shared that he has a peculiar affinity for nan city.

“I deliberation Nashville's a awesome city,” he says.

He continues, “The point that I support reasoning astir is [that] I've ne'er walked done an airport wherever there's unrecorded euphony successful each edifice ... I retrieve nan first clip I walked down Broadway and everyone's like, ‘You gotta spell down and spot each nan honky tonks.’ They're not kidding. They're 10 feet wide, they're 3 stories high, and each level has a unrecorded band.”

“I can't comprehend really there's that overmuch talent successful nan city,“ he says, adding, “And it's specified a bladed statement betwixt who makes it and who doesn't. You know, there's truthful galore talented group that will ne'er get that chance.”

9-1-1: Nashville airs Wednesdays astatine 9 p.m. ET connected ABC and is disposable to watercourse connected Hulu.