Brian Damage
12-21-2009, 12:29 PM
Scrubs” star Donald Faison admits he misses Judy Reyes, his former series wife on the show, who will not be making a return appearance when the reconstituted version of the series launches Dec. 1.
“Personally, I don’t know what that’s about but, yeah, Judy’s not going to be back this year, which is really weird for my character, Turk,” he says, “because the other half of Turk — other than J.D. (Zach Braff) — was Carla. It will be pretty interesting to go from Turk having a home life to not having a home life at all. You always miss people you have exceptional chemistry with so I definitely miss her.”
Faison tells us he couldn’t be happier with the show’s move to ABC earlier this year and he just hopes fans will give them a chance to find their new stride. “It’s been great. We now know where promotion is. When we were on NBC, there was absolutely no promotion for ‘Scrubs’.'”
Season 9 shifts the focus to Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley), Turk and a group of medical school students, with former lead Zach Braff no longer a regular. “Zach came back to do the first five episodes and the majority of my stuff was him so it automatically threw me into a good rhythm. I miss working with him, definitely, but I still hang out with him all the time.”
However, Faison has been able to step it up a notch now that Braff’s character, J.D., is no longer the main focus. “You can definitely see a change. My character, Turk, has a different role when J.D.’s around. Turk’s the straight guy and J.D.’s the goofball. When he’s not there, though, Turk’s the goofball. It opens up room for the character to grow. Regardless of what happens with ‘Scrubs’ after this season, I had a lot of fun experimenting with what the format of the show could be. I think we’ve come up with some really funny stuff.”
http://www.jaxobserver.com/2009/11/26/turk-misses-carla-on-revived-scrubs/
“Personally, I don’t know what that’s about but, yeah, Judy’s not going to be back this year, which is really weird for my character, Turk,” he says, “because the other half of Turk — other than J.D. (Zach Braff) — was Carla. It will be pretty interesting to go from Turk having a home life to not having a home life at all. You always miss people you have exceptional chemistry with so I definitely miss her.”
Faison tells us he couldn’t be happier with the show’s move to ABC earlier this year and he just hopes fans will give them a chance to find their new stride. “It’s been great. We now know where promotion is. When we were on NBC, there was absolutely no promotion for ‘Scrubs’.'”
Season 9 shifts the focus to Dr. Cox (John C. McGinley), Turk and a group of medical school students, with former lead Zach Braff no longer a regular. “Zach came back to do the first five episodes and the majority of my stuff was him so it automatically threw me into a good rhythm. I miss working with him, definitely, but I still hang out with him all the time.”
However, Faison has been able to step it up a notch now that Braff’s character, J.D., is no longer the main focus. “You can definitely see a change. My character, Turk, has a different role when J.D.’s around. Turk’s the straight guy and J.D.’s the goofball. When he’s not there, though, Turk’s the goofball. It opens up room for the character to grow. Regardless of what happens with ‘Scrubs’ after this season, I had a lot of fun experimenting with what the format of the show could be. I think we’ve come up with some really funny stuff.”
http://www.jaxobserver.com/2009/11/26/turk-misses-carla-on-revived-scrubs/