Damon Dahlen/HuffPost Alex Landi joined the cast of "Grey's Anatomy" in Season 15 as Dr. Nico Kim, an openly gay surgeon.

Blood, sweat and tears have always been the stuff of love on “Grey’s Anatomy,” the record-smashing medical drama that blends ambulance-chasing with swoonworthy, if tumultuous, romance. The show’s 15th season, which wrapped last week, introduced fans to one of its most buzzed-aboutpairings in recent years: Dr. Levi Schmitt (Jake Borelli) and Dr. Nico Kim (Alex Landi), who represent the series’ first-ever relationship between two gay male doctors. Over the course of the season, Levi and Nico — nicknamed “Schmico” by the show’s cultlike fanbase — enjoyed elevator smooches and a windstorm hookup at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital while weathering their share of hardships. The journey has been a professional whirlwind for Landi, who has become a globally recognized sex symbol as a result. But the 26-year-old New York native would like fans to interpret his breakout success as less about his chiseled physique and more of a boon for intersectional representation — specifically, for both the LGBTQ and Asian American communities — on the small screen. “They told me they wanted this guy to be a strong character — I believe the character description was ‘a masculine bro type,’ but openly gay,” Landi, who boasted only a handful of on-screen credits before landing the role, told HuffPost. “I feel like those are the types of roles I’m attracted to — the more powerful characters who are confident but not necessarily arrogant.”

Damon Dahlen/HuffPost The 26-year-old said he's hopeful Hollywood “is starting to realize that there’s genuine interest in seeing Asians at the forefront.”

Damon Dahlen/HuffPost Landi's dream gig? A role in “Shang-Chi,” which will be Marvel’s first superhero film to feature an Asian protagonist. "That would be dope,” he said.