Why Sarah Chalke Says Filming the ‘Scrubs’ Reboot Felt ‘Surreal’
Why Sarah Chalke Says Filming the ‘Scrubs’ Reboot Felt ‘Surreal’
Nicole MooreThu, March 19, 2026 at 3:25 AM UTC
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Actress Sarah Chalke played Dr. Elliot Reid in the ABC medical sitcomScrubsthroughout the show's nine-season run, which ended in 2010. Chalke reprised the role of the quirky doctor for the Scrubs reboot series, which premiered in March 2026 on ABC.
Chalke shared details about returning to play Elliot during a March 2026 interview on Michael Rosenbaum's podcast,Inside of You. She said shooting the Scrubs reboot was a surreal experience.
"It was, you know, actually quite surreal stepping onto the set," said Chalke.
She explained that the new series was filmed in Vancouver, Canada, whereas the original show was shot in Los Angeles, specifically inside an abandoned hospital. She said that the Sacred Heart Hospital set was replicated for the reboot.
"First of all, stepping onto a set where you spent your entire 20s and then you're stepping on 25 years later, I can't quite explain what that felt like, especially since we shot in this abandoned hospital, you know, in the Valley and that got torn down," said Chalke during the podcast episode. "And now they've rebuilt the sets and we knew that was happening, but we kind of thought, 'Oh, it'll be kind of pretty accurate. Like maybe they'll be like 60 or 70 percent like the sets were.' And they were exactly the same. Like to a tee everything was identical."
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She described seeing the new set "as such a weird experience" because it brought "waves of memories" from when she shot the original show.
"It felt like this weird kind of like time warp because it's the same character, the same people on the exact same set and the writing and I had kind of thought it's going to take a minute to step back into it. And what was weird was actually how natural it felt," explained Chalke while recording the Inside of You episode.
She explained that the part of Elliot feels ingrained in her, meaning it took no time to get back into character.
"It's part of your cells. It's part of your bones," said the Roseanne actress.
This story was originally published by Parade on Mar 19, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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