Scrubs Stud Sleeps Around

September 12, 2006

From the NBC sitcom that made him a star, Zach Braff took time off to make a charming little movie called Garden State.

Now, in Toronto for the city’s big film festival, Braff unveiled his next project: The Last Kiss.
Braff stars as a man who’s afraid to settle in with his beautiful, pregnant girlfriend so he starts having an affair with a college babe.

Wow. That’s so original. Last time we checked, that was the story of about 45% of American Men. (Yes, we just made up that statistic, but you get the point.)

Braff, apparently, chose the project so he could play against type.

''I have reporters all the time saying to me, 'I really love the movie. I wanted to slap ... you,''' Braff said. ''I say, 'That's great, that's awesome. You had a reaction to it.'''

''It just felt very human, and I couldn't believe the studio was going to make the movie. I got them to promise me they weren't going to change it when I signed on. You can see all the opportunities where they could have wimped out and softened it and made it more mainstream. There'll be people who'll have a hard time with this movie.''
Fans of Braff can look forward to more Braff.

Just 31, he co-stars with Jason Bateman and Amanda Peet in next year's workplace comedy Fast Track, and ''Scrubs'' creator Bill Lawrence is working on a movie adaptation of author Gregory McDonald's crime romp Fletch Won in which Braff may star. The actor also plans to return to directing with a remake of the sober Danish drama Open Hearts, a story of tragic twists that follow a traffic accident.

Meantime, Braff remains busy on ''Scrubs,'' although he hasn’t decided whether to return to ''Scrubs,'' saying he will put the decision off until March when production wraps on the sixth season.