Zach Braff is hysterical on Scrubs but he can do drama too. He made sure we knew that when he made Garden State. Now he stars as a father-to-be in The Last Kiss, unsure of his relationship and future. Moping through an affair with a college girl, this may seem similar to the over-medicated actor with family issues in Garden State, but Braff points out the difference.
Zach Braff Talks The Last Kiss
“I think the guy in Garden State was really, really, really lost and probably should be on some medication,” Braff said. “I don't think he needed to be on all that he was on but probably needed a little help and had a very F’ed up childhood. This is a guy who’s healthy and happy and has everything going for him and has his dream girl and loves his job and loves his friends, but he’s just terrified of this, like he says, the surprises stopping. There’s something about your ‘20s and your teens that are all about this new thing every year. There’s a new milestone and new experiences. He’s just terrified that wow, when I get married, do those surprises stop? Everything seems like now there’s a whole plan of what’s going to happen and I’m afraid of that.”
Even Braff knows that his character is wrong. “I think where he’s wrong is that there’s a whole new set of surprises when you’re married and you have kids. There’s many new exciting chapters that come at that point in your life. He just can’t see it right now.”
Zach Braff in The Last Kiss
The Last Kiss
The Last Kiss
Once he realizes his mistake, he does whatever it takes to win his girlfriend back. That may only work in the movies. “I mean, at some point you’re going to get called a stalker and get a restraining order if it doesn’t go your way. But she loves him too. She’s as upset by this [as he is]. I think what she says is like I feel like I’m mourning the death of the greatest thing that ever happened to me.”
Of course, leave it to journalists to root for the other woman, a college babe played by Rachel Bilson. “Well, there’ll be people that’ll say that, sure. I think what’s great about it is it would have been so much easier to make her a dumb ditz. One of the things I loved about Paul Haggis’s screenplay was that he made the conscious choice to make her charming and likeable and adorable and sexy, and that makes it more challenging for him and the audience. Now, I do think that we see that she’s a baby. I mean, she’s young and they’re not going to have that much to talk about after they get out of the frat party. I think it was brave of [director] Tony [Goldwyn] and Paul Haggis to leave everything up in the air because these things don’t get wrapped up in a nice five minutes.”
The Last Kiss comes to theatres
this Friday, September 15th.
For the trailers, movie stills, poster and more movie info, go to The Last Kiss Movie Page.
Stay tuned for updates.
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