Jason Scott Lee has been added to the cast of the upcoming Doogie Howser remake, Doogie KameÄloha, M.D.!
The Mulan actor will take on the role of Benny KameÄloha, opposite Peyton Elizabeth Lee‘s Lahela “Doogie” KameÄloha, Deadline reveals.
Benny “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.”
The actor joins Kathleen Rose Perkins to complete the casting for Doogie’s parents. Kathleen‘s casting was announced almost two weeks ago.
Jason is of course far from a stranger to Disney. He most recently starred as Bori Khan in the live action Mulan, as well as playing Mowgli in the 1994 live action The Jungle Book. He’s also the voice of David Kawena in the Lilo & Stitch movies!
Disney+ series Doogie KameÄloha, M.D. just gained another cast member!
Kathleen Rose Perkins has been cast in a leading role opposite newly announced Peyton Elizabeth Lee in the title role.
She will portray Dr. Clara Hannon, Doogie’s spit-fire Irish mother, who’s also her supervisor at the hospital, Deadline reveals.
Doogie KameÄloha, M.D. is a reimagined, gender-swapped version of Neil Patrick Harris‘ Doogie Howser, M.D., and will follow Lahela “Doogie†KameÄloha (Lee), a mixed race 16-year-old girl, juggling a budding medical career and life as a teenager.
Guiding Lahela (and also complicating things) is her family, including her spit-fire Irish mother who’s also her supervisor at the hospital, and her Hawaiian “Local Boy†father struggling to accept that his daughter is no longer his little girl.
Kathleen also has a recurring role in another upcoming Disney+ series, Big Shot, with John Stamos. Find out who else is in the cast!
Ahh!! Peyton Elizabeth Lee has scored the title role in the upcoming series Doogie KameÄloha, M.D.!!
The 16-year-old Andi Mack star is returning to television in the Doogie Howser remake.
Here’s a synopsis: Set in modern-day Hawaii, the 10-episode comedy follows Lahela “Doogie†KameÄloha, a mixed race 16-year-old girl, juggling a budding medical career and life as a teenager.
Guiding Lahela (and also complicating things) is her family, including her spit-fire Irish mother who’s also her supervisor at the hospital, and her Hawaiian “Local Boy†father struggling to accept that his daughter is no longer his little girl.
Back in September, it was revealed that the female-driven remake had been picked up to series, from writer and producer Kourtney Kang.
Peyton has also previously starred in the Disney+ movie Secret Society of Second-Born Royals.
