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For the third yr in a row, “Scrubs” costars and real-life finest pals Zach Braff and Donald Faison are returning for one more Super Bowl song-and-dance.
Braff and Faison, who’ve promoted T-Cell through the huge recreation twice earlier than, are again once more – this time, with “Aquaman” himself.
Jason Momoa will star in T-Cell’s newest Tremendous Bowl advert, CNN can reveal, together with Braff and Faison, who’ve change into dependable stars through the highly-watched huge recreation advert breaks.
The “Scrubs” costars say they’ve garnered a brand new fanbase, because of their common musical commercials that run year-round.
“I don’t actually watch sports activities, however that’s the place these most frequently run as a result of it’s dwell TV,” Braff stated in a current interview with CNN. “Everybody I do know who’s a giant soccer fan, they textual content me and can be like, ‘I can’t consider how typically we see your T-Cell industrial.’”
Final yr, the “Scrubs” alums teamed up with John Travolta for a Tremendous Bowl industrial that went viral.
This time round, they’re hoping to high that Travolta second with Momoa, the music of “Flashdance” and one other shock star who makes a cameo on the finish of the spot.
Within the industrial, Braff and Faison, who play suburban neighbors, arrive at Momoa’s home with Tremendous Bowl snacks prepared to look at the sport. Momoa informs them that the celebration is cancelled as a result of he’s ready on the “cable web man.” Then, Braff and Faison begin singing about discovering higher wifi with T-Cell dwelling web, and the unlikely trio breaks out right into a full choreographed musical quantity.
As Momoa excitedly exclaims within the advert, “I’ve wifi now!” To the tune of “Flashdance… What A Feeling,” he begins to tear off his garments and hits a excessive notice, beautiful Braff and Faison. Ultimately, the “Aquaman” star is doused with water – a la “Flashdance” – and the ultimate seconds of the industrial reveal that Jennifer Beals, the unique star of the ’80s traditional film “Flashdance,” is the pleasant neighbor who’s hosing Momoa down.
“I had a blast from the second I arrived on set,” Beals informed CNN. “I knew the surprise that’s Donald Faison from working with him on ‘The L Phrase Era Q’ … After which, fortunate me, I started working with Zach who is an excellent, hilarious mensch. The 2 of them collectively are magic … Jason Momoa was so variety, humorous {and professional}. It was a dreamy day.”
Braff and Faison didn’t simply present as much as set. The pair absolutely collaborated behind the scenes with the T-Cell workforce and Panay Movies to assist provide you with the artistic idea for this yr’s advert. They informed CNN that they knew they wanted a giant star, and Momoa was their high choose.
“He’s a lovely, lovely man,” Braff quipped. “He’s huge and muscular and agency.”
“I used to be misplaced within the dimension of the person,” Faison chimed in. “Like, he was the scale of a constructing, and I’ve by no means seen that earlier than.”
Faison stated that at one level, he and Momoa did a chest bump and it knocked him to the bottom.
“Yeah, he knocked me on my ass. I used to be laughing so arduous,” Faison stated. “I actually needed it to make the industrial.”
Momoa, Braff and Faison sing within the industrial with their actual voices.
“Donald has probably the most insane voice,” Braff stated. “Autotune helps me and Jason out a bit, however yeah, we’re all singing.”
The workforce additionally stated they had been very impressed with Momoa’s dance strikes and musical skills.
“He hit all these notes. Nobody was anticipating that,” Braff stated.
Faison joked that the choreography took “months for Zack and I” to study, however “5 minutes for Jason.”
Nevertheless, when requested to price their T-Cell costars’ dancing skills, Braff and Faison stated it’s no competitors between Momoa and Travolta.
“Are you severe?” Faison laughed. “Travolta is Travolta.”
“Come on!” Braff added. “It’s Travolta!”