There was so much more story to tell with Maya and Carina."
Dr. Carina DeLuca (Stefania Spampinato) and Maya Bishop (Danielle Savre) got their happy ending.
But that doesn’t mean their story was over.
Danielle Savre and Stefania Spampinato on ‘Station 19.'.Ron Batzdorff/ABC via Getty
The final season saw them adopt their son, find a home, and begin to build their life.
(The series finale even included a flash forward with a few more kids).
But there was still more to explore.
Ivana Shein, Stefania Spampinato, and Danielle Savre on ‘Station 19.'.Erin Simkin/ABC via Getty
There was so much more story to tell with Maya and Carina, Danielle Savre tellsEntertainment Weekly.
Im curious about when each of you knew these characters were going to be each others person?
DANIELLE SAVRE: Right away.
The cast of ‘Station 19.'.Ron Batzdorff/ABC via Getty
The first table read was the first day Stefania and I met each other.
We knew this was going to be something that worked.
From that moment, we knew it was something special.
Stefania Spampinato and Danielle Savre on ‘Station 19.'.Disney/James Clark
It was great since day one, but there was no way to predict that.
Then we started seeing the reaction of the fans.
It wasnt just our impression that this was good, people felt that way too.
Mayas trying to win her back.
What do you remember about shooting that?
I just cut my hair off.
SPAMPINATO:Yeah, you did just chop off your hair.
SPAMPINATO:I remember it happening very fast.
It was one of those scenes that went by so fast and we were like, Is this good?
Did it work or did not?"
SAVRE:Yeah, I remember feeling the exact same way.
Part of the “I love you” scene is Maya coming to terms with her fathers abuse.
SAVRE:It was love, right?
For Maya specifically, she never knew what love was.
Carina was the first person to love her unconditionally.
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There are so many powerful, romantic, and hilarious scenes you share onStation 19.
What is something about acting you learned about from each other?
SPAMPINATO:The main thing I remember is how committed and giving [Danielle] is as an actor.
Thats definitely something that stayed with me.
SAVRE:You also showed up and gave up 110 percent every time when the camera wasnt on you.
I remember a scene we did together where I walked into the captains office.
You came up to me and Im crying, but I was angry.
Every take you were talking me through it so I stayed in it.
We really were a team.
We both were the same in our acting style in that regard.
Also, I learned from you to let go and enjoy the process.
SPAMPINATO:Thank you.
Also for me, watching you being word perfect and so committed to that.
These people made so much effort to be good at this.
No one really asked about that one and that one really held a lot of weight for me.
SPAMPINATO:It was a very important moment for the character as well.
SAVRE:As actors, it was our first big emotional moment that we had together.
It was such a huge emotional moment and we don’t get asked about those as much.
SPAMPINATO:Yeah, that and the panic attack.
I feel like [the questions] tend to gravitate towards lighter [moments].
There is a moment I recently rewatched because I was working on my reel.
They end up lying down in bed and they whisper “love you” to one another.
That wasnt scripted, but I thought it was so sweet and intimate.
I was like, Wow, look at these two actors being so comfortable with one another.
I was proud of us.
One of those big moments is their wedding.
What memory stands out to you from shooting that episode?
SAVRE:Yeah, that’s exactly how I feel.
That was the first time we had a group together that big and partied.
It was all under masks and testing, but it was fun.
The entire time we had the shields.
It was a beautiful thing to shoot and its something Ill never forget for sure.
When I hear those, it’s hard to not get emotional when someone tells me.
People that feel like finally there’s like a queer love story well represented, that you root for.
Shondaland has a lot of them and I feel like Maya and Carina were one of them.
The final season got to show some of Maya and Carina adjusting to life as moms.
What was it like for you both to see them reach that point?
Im glad we were able to do it in the final season and that it was a slow burn.
It made me so happy.
Then the jump ahead in the future in that final episode to see that they had a couple more.
It just warmed my heart to see that play out and to be part of it.
I feel like the last season for me was a bit of a blur.
Like Carina talking about sex to teenagers and the way we talk about ovarian cancer.
We clearly do not have time to wrap up all those stories in 10 episodes.
I feel like the way they did it was perfect given the amount of episodes we had.
They had to give them a family and I love the happy ending.
SAVRE:There was so much more story to tell with Maya and Carina.
Also, I would have loved to have continued to see a woman in a male-dominated industry.
We knew when we did those flash forwards that Maya carried one of their children.
It would have been nice to see how she was able to be pregnant and still be a firefighter.
Thats something even real firefighters struggle with because how do you balance work and motherhood?
I would have loved to have seen Maya balance that.
Also, they say relationships after seven years go through a little struggle.
I would have loved to see the seventh year of their relationship and see how they pulled through that.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
