Jason Scott Lee Has Joined the Cast of Disney+ Comedy Series DOOGIE KAMEĀLOHA, M.D..
Actor Jason Scott Lee, known for playing martial arts legend Bruce Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, has joined the cast of the upcoming Disney+ series Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.. Lee will play the father of the teen doctor, played by Peyton Elizabeth Lee, opposite Kathleen Rose Perkins, who will play his wife. Lee is no stranger to Disney projects, having played Mowgli in the 1994 live-action version of Disney’s The Jungle Book, then voicing David in the 2002 animated film Lilo & Stitch, and most recently playing Bori Khan in Disney’s live-action Mulan last year.
In this new series, “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. reimagines the Neil Patrick Harris-starring Doogie Howser M.D. as a half-hour medical dramedy with a female lead. It follows Lahela ‘Doogie’ Kameāloha (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), a 16-year-old mixed-race girl who juggles a budding medical career and life as a teenager. Guiding Lahela — and also complicating things — is her family, including her spitfire Irish mother Dr. Clara Hannon (Perkins), who’s also Chief of Staff at the hospital and Lahela’s supervisor, and her Hawaiian ‘Local Boy’ father (Jason Scott Lee) who struggles to accept that his daughter is no longer his little girl.
“Lee’s Benny Kameāloha worked in finance on the mainland, but gave that up to return home and focus on what matters most: family. He now runs a shave ice flower truck, a career change that enables him to be a more present father to his three children.”
I was a fan of the original series, and I think this sounds like it will be a fun and solid remake for families to enjoy. Are you looking forward to Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.?
via: Deadline