Another video interview was posted at french channel TF1’s site. Because it’s geo-blocked for people outside of France (boo!), I uploaded it to Youtube.
The video can be watched at the source here: Justin Chambers « Alex et Jo, la famille risque de s’agrandir !» or below.

In this video, Justin discusses the evolution of Alex and his relationship with Jo. Also, Justin speaks a bit in french.

 
There have been quite a few interviews that have come out over the last couple of weeks from the ABC Studios press tour, but they’re mostly in french. I’ll try translating them and posting sometime. In the meantime, here is one from Portuguese newspaper, Metro.

Justin Chambers
For almost 11 years he’s played the role of Dr. Alex Karev in “Grey’s Anatomy”. We sat down with the actor in London where he explained his motivations.

“I have gained Alex’s mannerisms”

How does an actor stay motivated to play the same character for 10 or 11 years?
That’s a good question, because I don’t know! Maybe a check and knowing you have a job? But more seriously: in “Grey’s Anatomy” we have a lot of people coming in and leaving, even in each episode. I think I inspire myself in the way they commit, by the freshness they bring. The characters that Shonda [Rhimes, creator of the show] wrote have the necessary flaws to keep the show interesting. It’s like if you asked me: “Why do viewers keep watching the show?” It also goes for us actors: if we seem to be interested, it’s because it must be interesting.

Are you still surprised by the scripts you get?
Sure. A few seasons ago Alex ratted Meredith out in a specific situation. I told Shonda that I didn’t think my character was capable of committing that kind of betrayal. It didn’t seem like him! So we both sat down and agreed on: “We’ll get him drunk, because people do stupid things when they drink.” It really is like that: there are things that we might not understand, but what my character does can affect Arizona and then Callie…

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Justin is on his way home after spending a few days in Belgium where he did press for Grey’s Anatomy. Here is a short interview from a Belgian site which was translated from french (Link to original source below).

Justin Chambers (Grey’s Anatomy) passing through Brussels!

After Monaco and London, Justin Chambers aka Alex Karev, the handsome Pediatric surgeon on “Grey’s Anatomy” is in Belgium, more precisely in Brussels for a European tour. We met him.

“This is the first time I come to your country and I admit that I fell in love with the architecture of some facades in Brussels” reveals the actor comfortably installed in a suite of a luxury hotel in the capital.

During the interview that he gives us, and to discover this Thursday, June 19th, the actor is back on the 10th season of “Grey’s Anatomy” being broadcast since last Saturday on RTL-TVI, but also on his visit to Belgium.

As a gift, the actor is left with a “Ciné-Télé-Revue” where two of his colleagues pose. “Thank you for this copy. I see it dates from 2011. Soon then my cover? “, he says as a joke.

 
Photos posted on social media from Justin’s visits to Brussels and the nearby city of Ghent (June 15-17). Click on the thumbnails.

And on his way back home today…

Sorry for the lack of updates the last few days, but I needed a bit of a break and now things have piled up. Today, I told myself, “Time to stop procrastinating, Diana!” lol

Justin is currently in Brussels (Belgium), but here’s a roundup of stuff that came out during Justin’s stop in London for the ABC Studios Press Tour.

First off, a couple of interviews…

Exclusive! Grey’s guy feels like an “old” TV star

Grey’s Anatomy star Justin Chambers has been playing the part of Dr. Alex Karev in the hit U.S medical drama since 2004, so it’s not surprising that he feels like “an old TV actor.”

Speaking about working on the same show for over ten years, Justin told RTÉ Ten: “I feel like an old TV actor. It’s been a great ride. It’s wild how quickly it’s gone, but at the same time, I don’t really remember life before this show. It seems like this is what I’ve always done.”

He added: “Not many people can say in today’s world that they have been part of television history for over ten seasons. I’m still excited to be there. I’m still excited to work with the people I work with. Hopefully, I will give people a good hour of TV for the next season or two.”

After a decade of playing the part of hunky doctor Alex, Justin admits that sometimes he finds it difficult in audition situations to play a different character.

Justin further stated: “Yeah, I’m a bit like Alex and he’s a bit like me, but the way we go about our world’s are different. I actually had an audition a while ago, and it felt like I was Alex trying to audition for the role and not Justin. You do wear it as a glove.

“The whole character thing is questionable to me. In the end it’s all coming from you and your personality,”

The last season of Grey’s Anatomy saw Alex striking up a romance with Jo (Camilla Luddington), and RTÉ Ten were eager to find out if their romance will continue to blossom in the upcoming series.

When asked about Alex’s love-life, Justin said: “If anything, their relationship is going to blossom. This past year we’ve seen how they’ve worked off, off each other. In their relationship, you finally have a character that is similar to Alex – who’s come from a broken home, a person who has had to work through a lot of obstacles to become a doctor.

“They complement each other. They’re going to explore more of that. Jo being there to help him with his father, to push him and sort of make amends with him, that’s just setting an example of what’s to come in the future. Now that they live together, it will explore what it’s like for him to be domestic and who knows; maybe they’ll get married and have kids. Anything is possible.”

 
Sky Living airs the season 10 finale of Grey’s Anatomy tomorrow night (June 18), and the channel’s site has a video up where Justin talks a bit about Sandra Oh. You can check it out at Sky Living or watch the video below.

 
Here are several photos fans took with Justin in London and posted on social media. Click on the thumbnails for the bigger versions.

Justin continues on the ABC Studios Press Tour where he is currently in London, England. His next stop will be Brussels, Belgium.

This is another video interview from Télé-Loisirs.fr where Justin talks about what to expect in season 10 (season 9 just finished airing in France) and a bit about what he thinks will happen with the relationship between Alex and Jo. The video from the source auto-plays, so once again I uploaded it to Youtube.

 
Justin did the Live Facebook Q&A Session today in London. For those who missed it, you can watch it at Facebook where it’s being replayed. This is link to it: ABC Studios UK

I also uploaded the Q&A session to Youtube for those who prefer to watch it that way. Check it out below.

P.S. – If you’ve watched the Q&A, here is a photo from when Justin met Axl Rose. LINK

 
Bonus pic: Yesterday, actress Bellamy Young from ‘Scandal’ posted this photo of the people she flew out of Monte Carlo by helicopter with.

Rode in a helicopter from #mc2014 to Nice today w/these folks- BANANAS cool! ???? @jscandalp @aspielle @TheRealAnaOrtiz pic.twitter.com/zxYHYAygmm

— Bellamy Young (@BellamyYoung) June 12, 2014

Justin attended the closing ceremony of the Monte Carlo Television Festival last night with his beautiful mother Pam, who accompanied him to Monaco. He also posed for a group photo with actors A.J. Cook, Bellamy Young, Nick Wechsler, Ana Ortiz, Jeff Perry, Jennifer Morrison and Prince Albert II of Monaco. Some photos have been added to the gallery and link to the album is below.

54th Monte Carlo Television Festival – Closing Ceremony – June 11

I also uploaded a short video of the actors and Prince Albert II taking the group photo.

Justin attended a cocktail reception at the Monaco Palace yesterday and I added two photos to the gallery. Click on the link for the album.

Cocktail Reception at Monaco Palace – June 10

 
Videos from the interviews gave yesterday are starting to come out. This first one Justin talks about Sandra Oh’s going away surprise party and her leaving Grey’s Anatomy.

I had to uploaded this video to Youtube because it auto-plays at the source (Télé-Loisirs.fr). In this one, Justin mentions that Shonda Rhimes has talked about Grey’s Anatomy going on until season 15(!), and he discusses what he’d like to do after the shows ends.

The Facebook page for ABC Studios UK posted that this Friday at 3pm GMT, Justin will be doing a live Q&A session. Check it out!