Zach Braff Wants To Play Blue Beetle To Donald Faison’s Booster Gold [Exclusive]
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By Ben F. Silverio/March 16, 2022 5:56 pm EST
Blue and gold, a sight to behold
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One of the first places it came up after the “Legends” casting was the duo’s “Scrubs” rewatch podcast “Fake Doctors, Real Friends.” At 15:38 on the February 8, 2022 edition of the show, Braff and Faison talk about the latter’s role in “Legends of Tomorrow.” But since the episode had not aired yet, they had to bleep everything out to avoid spoilers. Regardless, Faison shared his excitement for a potential Blue Beetle/Booster Gold team up in their future.
“Listen, this keeps coming up and I want you to tell all your followers: I am down to play Ted Kord. Whoever owns the property. It’s DC, right? Probably part of the BerlantiVerse. He’s one of the first people who ever hired me. But yeah, Donald said that everyone [is saying that I should be Ted Kord]… I don’t follow comic books. I’m sorry. I know people love them. I don’t know anything about it, but yes, I’m here to announce that whoever owns the property. I’m down to play Ted Kord.”
And honestly, it would be perfect. Not just because of the “Scrubs” reunion, but Braff would be great at playing up the short on money, but not brains era of Kord that led him to participate in Booster’s get rich quick schemes. It would definitely fit in with the silly, yet science-y tone of “Legends of Tomorrow.” Clearly, the ball is in the showrunners’ and the studio’s court because it seems like everyone else is absolutely game for this to happen. Let’s just hope that the network officially renews the show and that Greg Berlanti or the other Arrowverse architects get Braff’s message.
