Scrubs revival was confirmed for another season. Destiny or luck? Just hours before the panel began, ABC confirmed a second season for the revival. The panel couldn’t have opened on a better note.
Marco Arata (a.k.a. Mark the Hammer) opens the panel with a Medley—a piece composed of excerpts from other songs—woven together from the most famous musical moments in Scrubs. Arata’s mastery of both guitar and composition electrified the audience, providing the perfect energy boost for the arrival of the special guest. Angelo Maggi continued to warm up the crowd with a few highlights from his show “Il doppiatore: la voce oltre il buio” (“The Voice Actor: The Voice Beyond the Darkness”), bringing to life various iconic moments from his dubbing career. And that is when John C. McGinley takes the stage.
“I love coming to comicons because when you shoot a show or a movie, you want people to see it and when people do see it—and then on top of that enjoy it and it stays around for a while—that feels very gratifying.”
For John, returning to play Dr. Cox with his second family is a bit like hopping back on a bicycle. During the filming of the original series, they would spend even 16-17 hours a day on set with the rest of the cast and crew—and inevitably, they grew deeply attached to one another. John then went on to discuss the depth and the challenges involved in portraying Dr. Cox.
“We all are damaged people, right? There is no one who hasn’t suffered loss, regret, hopelessness… with Cox, he is a really fragile guy, he doesn’t want anyone to see it, but he is a very fragile guy… this guy was different than everybody else in the ensemble, and so that makes it challenging and delicious.”
Speaking next about the series Rooster and his role as Walter Mann, John reveals just how difficult it was to play a character that Bill Lawrence had modeled after John himself. Like many actors, John too surrenders himself to the role he must play; however, given that this role was based on his own life, he encountered several difficulties.
“…this was a character based on me, and the tricky part about that is for the first time ever, you have to look in the mirror and go: ‘Am I interesting enough?’ ”
