From show creator Kourtney Kang (Fresh Off the Boat), the Disney+ original series Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. follows Lahela Kamealoha (Peyton Elizabeth Lee), a 16-year-old prodigy who is trying to find a balance between her very adult medical career and life as a teenager in Hawaii. Everything from the blurred lines of her doctor mother (Kathleen Rose Perkins) also being her supervisor at the hospital, to surfing with her father (Jason Scott Lee), to saving a stranger on the side of the road, to wanting her crush to return her feelings, are all part of a typical but sometimes very complicated day for “Doogie.”
During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, which you can both watch and read, Lee talked about what made him want to play this character, not being behold to the original series (Doogie Howser, M.D.) that inspired this one, the experience of getting to shoot in Hawaii, the family dynamic, how much more he still feels could be explored with these characters in possible future seasons, his longtime history with Disney, and an early meaningful experience he had on set that meant a lot to him.
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