Since being chosen to play a fourth-year medical student on "ER," Parminder Nagra has had to adjust to the NBC drama's workload.
"It's quite fast-paced," she told TV Guide.
Nagra, the 27-year-old British actress who starred in the sleeper hit "Bend It Like Beckham," will make her "ER" debut in the fall. She already had to begin shooting scenes, because the May 15 season finale and the fall opener are set over a short period of time.
"It's happening very, very quickly. I only met (executive producer) John Wells a month and a half ago," Nagra said.
Nagra is of Indian descent, which Wells said would help the show reflect a reality it has missed so far.
"There are a number of Indian and Pakistani students who've been in U.S. medical school and staffing urban hospitals, and we haven't really shown it," he said.