Donald Faison has a hopeful message for followers of Scrubs.
“We’re making an attempt to work out a Scrubs state of affairs,” Faison, 49, completely tells Us Weekly whereas selling NBC’s Prolonged Household. “I believe all people shall be blissful within the close to future in the event you’re a Scrubs fan.”
Faison, who performed Dr. Chris Turk within the collection, explains that there’s a couple of logistical hoops that must be labored out earlier than returning. However regardless of some kinks, he’s “positive” Zach Braff and fellow Scrubs castmates “will observe swimsuit.”
“We’re making an attempt,” he says. “We’re actually making an attempt.”
The collection, which ran for 9 seasons from 2001 and 2010, chronicled the lives of staff on the fictional Sacred Coronary heart Hospital. The forged, which additionally included John C. McGinley, Sarah Chalke and Judy Reyes, has beforehand hinted at a return to the present — however nothing materialized.
In June 2022, the forged and crew reunited at an ATX Competition panel, and Faison famous that they “would like to work collectively once more.”
“It’s simply that it’s actually exhausting,” Faison defined. “It could’t be a full season of a present — it must be a film or one thing like that, the place you might solely give a few months to it. Everyone seems to be doing issues.”
Faison additionally identified that creator and showrunner Invoice Lawrence would must be concerned for everybody to make their return, however joked, “This dude’s by no means going to be free once more.”
Everybody loves an on-set couple — and these duos are not any exception! Mindy Kaling, B.J. Novak, Hilarie Burton and Sophia Bush are only a few of the celebrities who went from costars to finest buddies in actual life. Michelle Williams and Busy Philipps, as an illustration, met whereas filming Dawson’s Creek. The Oscar nominee starred as Jen […]
Lawrence, in the meantime, mentioned throughout the pageant that he’d be inquisitive about a revival, including, “We’re gonna do it as a result of we’re fortunate sufficient that folks care. Prime to backside, we get pleasure from spending time with one another. Should you ever have an excuse to work with folks that you simply’d wish to spend time with in any case, run to it … It’s value it to me to see Neil [Flynn] again in that jumpsuit once more.”
Whereas followers anxiously await Scrubs’ return, they will nonetheless get a weekly Faison repair with NBC’s Prolonged Household. The sitcom follows Jim (Jon Cryer) and ex-wife Julia (Abigail Spencer) navigating a coparenting relationship whereas she strikes on together with her new fiancé, Trey (Faison).
If Prolonged Household returns for an additional season, Faison shares that Braff, 48, will make an look on the present.
“It received’t be, like, only one scene. He’s like, ‘I would like an actual character on the present, I wish to recur,’” he tells Us. “So we’re making an attempt to determine that out.”
Prolonged Household airs on NBC Tuesdays at 8:30 p.m. ET and streams the following day on Peacock.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
