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Scott Wolf has played several TV doctors – but does that mean his loved ones are now asking him for medical advice?
“I’ve played doctor four times. I should get a degree from somewhere,” joked Wolf, 56, during an exclusive interview with him Us Weekly about his new Fox series Doc. “Thank goodness for (my family) they don’t (ask for my medical advice).”
Before scoring the role from Dr. Richard Miller on Fox’s upcoming medical drama, Wolf played medical professionals on it Everwood, The Nine a The Night Shift.
“I diagnose family members, much to their annoyance,” he quipped. “One of the great things about being an actor is that you get to – sort of by osmosis – absorb these worlds. This does not make any of us real doctors. It’s the fourth time I’ve played a doctor and some things stay in there.”
Wolf noted how important it was to honor real doctors, adding, “It’s very important to me and it’s important to everyone in this production that we honor the work that these life-saving heroes do do in real life.”
Docwhich premieres on Tuesday, January 7, based on Italian TV series In your hands about a doctor who loses her memory in a car accident and wakes up to find that her whole life has changed. Molly Parker leads the cast alongside Wolf, Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, Anya Banerjee a Patrick Walker.
“(My doctor’s character on Doc) is my No. 1 favorite in terms of my enjoyment of the complexity,” says Wolf Us“I got to explore these different medical worlds playing doctors. But I’ve never had a more fun, interesting, complex and sometimes painful character to play. And to be back working with Fox again after I started Party of Five (in the ’90s), they are by far two of my favorite experiences. It’s full circle in some fun ways.”
Despite playing “flawed human being” on DocWolf have been enjoying the challenge.
“Any actor will tell you that you always have to find justification and understanding and empathy for the characters you play. But in this case, it wasn’t like I had to figure out how to justify a bad guy doing bad things,” explained the actor. “This was a very good person that any of us could wind up with. But with his circumstances, he ends up in this terrible situation where a mistake has happened and his response to it is to become defensive.”
teased Wolf Us that Richard’s arc — a Doc as a series – it will constantly “surprise” viewerssaying, “It’s so well written and I’m a huge fan of hospital shows, But obviously this central premise is so interesting, and the character development is incredible. The whole point is to create characters and tell stories that engage people.”
He continued: “Sometimes it can take time and the first episode of a show can leave you feeling like you’ve only scratched the surface. … I didn’t know where they were going to go with all of them, but it’s amazing to read something and feel like I’ll be playing any character in this show.”
Doc airs on Fox Tuesdays at 9 pm ET and new episodes will stream the next day on Hulu.
With reports from Christina Garibaldi
