IRISH Grey's Anatomy star Richard Flood admitted that he was "lucky" to land the role in the hit series as he had only been in LA for five days when he got the good news.

Richard plays Dr. Cormac Hayes and he made his first appearance in the show last season.

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He got the good news recently that he would become a series regular and he revealed how he first landed the role.

The actor spoke on Ireland AM with hosts Simon Delaney and Glenda Gilson about the show.

Richard explained that he had been working on Shameless in LA for a couple of months before he decided to go visit his wife in Rome.

He spent seven months in Rome before he decided to go back to LA to see if he could get any gigs while he was there.

The actor explained: "So I finished Shameless and I'd been away from my family for five or six months when I was doing that.

"I went back to Rome, my wife was shooting a TV show she's an actress as well a very good actress.

"She was shooting that for seven months or something and by the end of that seven months I was like, 'Alright I need to go to LA and do something because I'm starting to go a little bit crazy even though I'm in Rome'."

Richard then went on to say that he decided to hop on a flight to LA and just a couple days later he landed the role on Grey's.

The actor explained: " I literally got on a plane to come out and see what was happening, see what was around and this time the timing was just right.

"I got off the plane on Friday I think and on Wednesday I was cast in Grey's so I just got lucky this time."

Richard also spoke about his day of filming admitting that he was "thrown" when he first got to the set but he "got stuck in".

The Dublin native said: "It all happened very quickly when I got out to LA. I was walking on not really knowing what I was walking into.

"It's kind of hard to take in especially a show like Grey's which is so famous it's been on for so long.

"You get a bit thrown at first but then you just get in and then you just have to start and you better get on with it that's it."

Richard went on to speak about his first meeting with Ellen Pompeo who stars in and directs the hugely popular series.

He said that she was great the first day they met and she spoke to him for an hour before he had even got the job.

Speaking on the Virgin Media show about Ellen, Richard said: "She's been great since the first day I met her.

"When I was just really meeting about the role, they were telling me about it, we had a really good chat for about an hour before I was even cast in the show.

"So I felt like we got to know each other and I knew what she was looking for and I knew where she was coming from.

"It's her show, she's been there for so long."

"I knew what they were looking for and I was just happy to get stuck in."

Simon and Glenda then asked Richard what the show will be like when it comes back and how they plan to adhere to the Covid restrictions.

He said: "I think we're lucky because Grey's has been around for so long that it's such a well-oiled machine now.

"Everyone really knows what they're doing and have done for years.

"So in a way, it's easier for us to get back up and running as fast as we have.

"So what it's looking like is the actors we're certainly going to be tested three times a week every week whether we're shooting or not.

"There's going to be a lot of scripts already ready so that if there is the unfortunate situation where there are some positive tests we'll be able to shift whatever we're shooting."

He explained that there will be different storylines in every episode in case something happens to one of the actors.

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Richard said: "There'll be lots of storylines running at the same time we'll be able to shoot whatever we can in case there are some positive tests.

"We're going to be kept in different pods, hair and makeup are going to be very different, camera crew are going to be kept at a distance and they're going to be wearing PPE the whole time.

"We're lucky as well that we're a medical show that it makes sense for us to have masks and PPE."

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