Donald Faison talks about Emergence (and Star Wars)

09/24/19 • 30 min

Donald Faison is an actor, comedian, and voice actor, best known for playing Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC comedy-drama Scrubs (2001–2010). He’s also co-starred in Kickass 2, and voiced everything from Robot Chicken to Tron. Now he’s starring in a the new ABC series Emergence (Tuesdays at 10pm/EST).

A true Blerd, he’s a huge Star Wars fan (he even created his own animated Star Wars parody) which led him to be cast as the voice of “Hype Fazon”, a character which was actually written for him in the Star Wars animated series Star Wars Resistance.

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Known mostly for his comedy, and improv skills, but in ABC Emergence, he gets to stretch is acting chops a bit and I was surprised to hear that he’d been turning down scripts in order to do a show like this.

Donald Faison and Allison Tillman star ins ABC’s Emergence

Emergence stars Allison Tillman as Jo, a police chief who takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident. The girl has no memory of what has happened or who she is. Jo takes her in while she investigates and it’s soon revealed that not only is someone after the child, but the girl has powers.

Donald plays Jo’s ex-husband Alex, who co-parents their daughter Bree, he has more than a few feelings about all of this. During this interview, Donald reveals what attracted him to Emergence and why The Mandalorian is everything.

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Emergence Premieres on ABC on Tuesday, September 24 at 10pm/EST

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I ’m back with a special episode! I got a chance to talk to one of the stars of the new Netflix Show Wu Assassins that just dropped on Netflix. Actor, stuntman and martial artist Lewis Tan.

In this interview, Tan and I talk about how he was born in England and grew up on Hollywood sets like Tim Burton’s Batman. where his father, Phillip Tan worked as a stunt coordinator. His father is a world champion Muy Thai this kickboxer, which of course he taught to his son. Lewis also ranks in Kung Fu, Ju-Jitsu and Kendo. We also talk about the changing image of Asian-Americans in Hollywood and how his roles in Deadpool 2, Into the Badlands, and now Wu Assassins have helped solidify his career. And yes, we did talk about Iron Fist.

This interview was so much fun because I got to reminisce over martial movies and fangirl over styles and techniques. The only thing that would have made my interview with Lewis Tan more fun...was if it was in person. Please listen, comment and subscribe and don’t forget theblerdgurl podcast is now on the Himalaya app! So if you want to leave a little tip in the tip jar, I’d appreciate it!

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A Voyage to the Stars with the Black Version of Phil LaMarr

Phil Lamar has voiced over 250 characters in cartoons and anime in his career. As the voice of John Stewart on The Justice League, he was the only Green Lantern I recognized (until N.K. Jemisin created Sojourner of course ). Many of you remember him as the voice of Samurai Jack, or maybe Hermes Conrad on Futurama. But he’s also an actor (Pulp Fiction) and comedian who honed his skills with The Groundlings and MaDTV.

These days you can find Phil voicing Malefic Jones, on Supergirl, and he’s joined the cast of season 2 of Voyage to the Stars. An improv comedy geek podcast, that feels like a cross between Star Trek and Critical Role. He’ll be joining stars Felicia Day, Janet Varney, Steve Berg and Colton Dunnas the misfit crew who accidentally find themselves on the wrong side of a wormhole.

In this interview we talk about the show, the huge amount of scripted content out there, His work with the Groundlings in LA plus the hilarious comedy short series The Black Version featuring some of your favorite actors and actresses before they were famous. (It’s hilarious.) And of course, we get a few voices thrown in there too. This was a great conversation with a veteran of the industry that really has a unique perspective on diversity, acting and staying true to your art.

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Episode 21 Notes:

NYCC Interviews

Ace Comic Con

Voyage to the Stars Podcast

The Black Version

The Groundlings website