For the
third year in a row, “Scrubs”
costars and real-life best friends Zach Braff and Donald Faison are
returning for another Super
Bowl song-and-dance.
Braff and
Faison, who have promoted T-Mobile during the big game twice before, are back
again – this time, with “Aquaman” himself.
Jason Momoa
will star in T-Mobile’s latest Super Bowl ad, CNN can reveal, along with Braff
and Faison, who have become reliable stars during the highly-watched big game
ad breaks.
The “Scrubs”
costars say they’ve garnered a new fan base, thanks to their popular musical
commercials that run year-round.
“I don’t
really watch sports, but that’s where these most often run because it’s live
TV,” Braff said in a recent interview with CNN. “Everyone I know who’s a big
football fan, they text me and will be like, ‘I can’t believe how often we see
your T-Mobile commercial.’”
Last year,
the “Scrubs” alums teamed up with John Travolta for a Super Bowl commercial
that went viral.
This time
around, they are hoping to top that Travolta moment with Momoa, the music of “flash
dance” and another surprise star who makes a cameo at the end of the spot.
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In the
commercial, Braff and Faison, who play suburban neighbors, arrive at
Momoa’s house with Super Bowl snacks ready to watch the game. Momoa informs
them that the party is cancelled because he’s waiting on the “cable internet
guy.” Then, Braff and Faison start singing about finding better Wi-Fi with
T-Mobile home internet, and the unlikely trio breaks out into a full
choreographed musical number.
As Momoa
excitedly exclaims in the ad, “I have Wi-Fi now!” To the tune of “flash dance…
What A Feeling,” he begins to rip off his clothes and hits a high note,
stunning Braff and Faison. In the end, the “Aquaman” star is doused with water
– a la “flash dance” – and the final seconds of the commercial reveal that
Jennifer Beals, the original star of the ’80s classic movie “Flash dance,” is
the friendly neighbor who is hosing Momoa down.
“I had a
blast from the moment I arrived on set,” Beals told CNN. “I knew the wonder
that is Donald Faison from working with him on ‘The L Word Generation Q’ … And
then, lucky me, I got to work with Zach who is a brilliant, hilarious mensch.
The two of them together are magic … Jason Momoa was so kind, funny and
professional. It was a dreamy day.”
Braff and
Faison didn’t just show up to set. The pair fully collaborated behind the
scenes with the T-Mobile team and Panay Films to help come up with the
creative concept for this year’s ad. They told CNN that they knew they needed a
big star, and Momoa was their top pick.
“He’s a
beautiful, beautiful man,” Braff quipped. “He is big and muscular and firm.”
“I was lost
in the size of the man,” Faison chimed in. “Like, he was the size of a
building, and I’ve never seen that before.”
Faison said
that at one point, he and Momoa did a chest bump and it knocked him to the
ground.
Jason Momoa
appears in a new Super Bowl ad.
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“Yeah, he
knocked me on my ass. I was laughing so hard,” Faison said. “I really wanted it
to make the commercial.”
Momoa, Braff
and Faison sing in the commercial with their real voices.
“Donald has
the most insane voice,” Braff said. “Auto tune is helping me and Jason out a
bit, but yeah, we’re all singing.”
The team
also said they were very impressed with Momoa’s dance moves and musical
abilities.
“He hit all
those notes. No one was expecting that,” Braff said.
Faison joked
that the choreography took “months for Zack and I” to learn, but “five minutes
for Jason.”
However,
when asked to rate their T-Mobile costars’ dancing abilities, Braff and Faison
said it’s no competition between Momoa and Travolta.
“Are you
serious?” Faison laughed. “Travolta is Travolta.”
“Come on!”
Braff added. “It’s Travolta!”
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