AUSTIN, Texas — “Scrubs” actress Sarah Chalke received caught in an elevator through the ATX TV Competition on Saturday whereas on her technique to meet up with the forged of the hit collection.
Whereas explaining how her real-life unfortunate streaks mimic these of her character Elliot Reid, Chalke revealed the incident, which occurred proper when she landed in Austin, Texas, over the weekend.
“I used to be getting on the elevator to go meet all people pondering, ‘What an uneventful journey, I shouldn’t have a journey story,’ and I received in elevator and I received caught in it,” she informed the gang through the “Scrubs” reunion on Sunday, including that she was trapped for about 5 minutes.
Not realizing what to do, she FaceTimed co-stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison.
“I used to be like, ‘I’m caught within the elevator, get me out of right here, I don’t assume I’ll do properly on this scenario.’ So Zach’s like, ‘OK, what elevator are you in? I’m like, ‘I don’t know!’” she continued. “So I begin pushing the buttons and abruptly all of the buttons are lighting up.
“Then I discover the button to name the entrance desk and she or he says, ‘You’re caught on flooring 11?’ The elevator solely goes to 5! What is occurring proper now?”
Her castmates then inspired her to inform the viewers what she did to calm her nerves.
“I actually wanted to settle down, I didn’t understand I used to be claustrophobic till that second,” she mentioned. “I had slightly panic assault and wanted to get again into the podcast I used to be listening to … Dax Shepard’s podcast. We have been out at Dinner and Zach was like, ‘You have been listening to my doppelgänger?’”
Braff — who hosts a “Scrubs” rewatch podcast with Faison — shot again, “Of all of the f–king podcasts on the planet, she calms down by listening to Dax Shepard’s podcast.”
Throughout an interview with Web page Six on Saturday, Chalke’s co-star John C. McGinley additionally confirmed she’s “infamous for adventures.”
“She’s the one loveliest particular person on the planet, however she has adventures, she has ‘Curious George’ misadventures,” he informed us.
Braff, Faison, Chalke and McGinley have been joined by forged members Judy Reyes and Neil Flynn in addition to creator Invoice Lawrence to reminisce concerning the hit medical comedy, which ran for 9 seasons between 2001 and 2010 — and even teased a potential reboot sooner or later.
“Right here’s the deal: I feel all of us desire a reboot and wish to work collectively once more but it surely couldn’t be a full season. Possibly like a film or one thing we might shoot in a number of months,” Faison mentioned, including that Lawrence, who’s at the moment engaged on “Ted Lasso,” won’t ever be free once more.
Lawrence mentioned, “We’re gonna do it as a result of folks nonetheless care about it and we get pleasure from spending time with one another.”
