Yaya DaCosta Discusses Possible Return to 'Chicago Med': 'The Future's Unknown'
Yaya DaCosta is looking back at her time on Chicago Med.
The 40-year-old actress exited the NBC series two years ago but recently reappeared in the latest season for Brian Tee‘s departure from the show, which included a wedding between April and Ethan.
Yaya spoke with TV Insider about the exciting moment, as well as what she thinks will happen with her character April in the future.
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“It was so much fun. It was such a lovely experience going back to kind of close out the storyline and send Brian Tee’s character, Ethan Choi, off [and] send him and April Sexton off into the sunset,” Yaya shared. “Just the whole experience was really beautiful. It was great to see a lot of the cast and crew that were still there.”
She also discussed what it was like finding the perfect dress for April’s nuptials. “It’s always fun having fittings, but wedding dress fittings are even more fun,” she explained. “I really thought that the dress that we picked for April was super appropriate for her, equal parts princess-y and ethereal, but also super appropriate for the Catholic church. The people in the audience, all the background actors, everyone was just so authentically in the moment and giving us all the excitement as though it was a real wedding, and that was really, really beautiful to be a part of.”
Yaya went on to say that while her final episode “did feel very much like closure”, she hasn’t ruled out returning to Chicago Med in the future. “I haven’t heard anything different than that, but who knows, right? The future’s unknown,” added.
As for what she hoped for April’s character, Yaya said she thought it would be great to go back to a plotline from season 1.
“I always thought April was going to finish her schooling and become a doctor,” she said. “They introduced her little brother, Noah [Roland Buck III], who she actually helped put through school, and he became a doctor. So yeah, I think the idea was always that we would kind of tap into some woman’s empowerment and now that he was all set, go back to her fulfilling her dream, and I guess just as time went on, everyone was comfortable seeing her as a nurse.”
“The way that she was in the hospital, the way that she interacted with the patients, the wisdom that she brought to the cases, the way that the doctors could trust her to just finish their sentences and start doing what was needed before they’re even asked, I think that kind of gave her a lot of credibility and expectation that she would be a doctor. So if ever in this or any other dimension, April Sexton were to return to screen, it would have to be as a doctor,” she added.
Last month, it was announced that five stars including Yaya had exited Chicago Med. Find out who here.