Just in case you weren't sure that this upcoming eighth season of Scrubs was going to be Zach Braff's last -- and, considering both Braff and series creator Bill Lawrence have been alluding to this for months, it's a good bet that you were sure -- an article on Haaretz.com should convince you. Braff spoke to the magazine during his ten-day trip to Israel and confirmed that he has already left the show (which wrapped the eighth, but not necessarily final, season over the summer), mainly because "there's so much I want to do with my life."One of those things, I guess, is getting back in touch with his heritage.
He seems to have really enjoyed his trip to Israel, so much so that he's thinking of writing a movie about an American Jew visiting Israel and how it affects him. He's also taking flying lessons and wants to travel more and learn how to play piano. Heck, if I had made the coin he raked in during those last couple of years of the show, I'd spend a few years to find myself, too. I'd find myself in Israel, China, South Africa, Europe...
[thanks to BarkinJ for the tip.]
1. I was always pretty sure this was it for Scrubs. Not to cast aspersions on the reporting in Haaretz, but if you read the article, it sounds like it might have been written in Hebrew and then translated, so some words may have been lost in translation. That happens sometimes...
Still, a Scrubs without Braff? How?
But if he does a movie about Israel, I've already offered to lend my expertise: http://tinyurl.com/6ychsr
Posted at 8:52PM on Nov 25th 2008 by Esther