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Scrubs' iconic musical episode remains a standout among the show — and series alumJudy Reyesremembers shooting it like it was yesterday!
Reflecting on the moment, the 54-year-oldClawsstar — who played RN Carla Espinosa on the comedy — tells PEOPLE exclusively about the major mishap she endured before she was scheduled to film the season 6 episode.
“The day that I had to shoot my scene, I had taken a really bad fall out of my shower and fractured my hip,” she recalls. “The first thing that I thought was, ‘My song! I’m not going to get to sing my song.’ "
Fortunately for Reyes, the show did not go on without her.
“It’s a testament to [series creator] Bill Lawrence and the environment and the family relationship that we also forged on that show. I’ve been extremely blessed,” she continues. “[Bill] said, ‘Don’t worry. We’ll shoot it when you heal.’ And we did.”
The actress adds, “Having nothing to compare it to, I was just blown away. I cried more after that than I did when I fell.”
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Scrubswas actually Reyes' first series. Looking back, she describes her experience working on the sitcom as “incredible.”
“I just took it for granted that it be like that all the time. But it was fun,” she says. “It was a joy to go to work. Of course, it gets exhausting and the commitment to everybody really realizing the joke or the gag, as well as the dramatic emotional learning moments and the complexity of the characters. … For my first experience, [it] was an incredible one.”
Scrubsran for nine seasons on NBC between 2001 to 2009.
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Zach Braff,Sarah Chalke,Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins andJohn C. McGinleyalso starred in the acclaimed sitcom, which follows a new group of medical students navigating the day-to-day ongoings at Sacred Heart Hospital.
Reyes has continued to find success on television afterScrubs, landing major roles on shows likeDevious MaidsandClaws, for which she is starring in her fourth and final season.
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“I can’t even tell you what both a relief that is and how inspiring it was to further creating the character — to create something completely different and break the way I’ve been seen as an actor and just really collapsed into being a character actor with all these other talented people who actually do the same and embrace the same,” she says. “So the freedom of being, visually, a completely different person, just kind of really inspired me. That’s what I’ll miss.”
The star adds, “It’s not often you get that opportunity. I was so skeptical of even getting a chance to realize this. So, when I actually got the job, I was both nervous and completely excited.”
Discussing what’s to come onClaws, Reyes says “the allyship” between Quiet Ann and Dean Norris' character, Uncle Daddy, will be one of the “most surprising” storylines fans will witness this season.
Clawsairs Sundays (9 p.m. ET) on TNT.
source: people.com
