Sarah Chalke ("Dr. Elliot Reid")
IGN: Would you ever do a Vegas wedding, like a drive-thru chapel, Elvis, kind of thing? Are you spontaneous like that?
Sarah Chalke: Why not. I think I should actually do that tonight (laughs). There's a lot of dares on the table. There's 1000 bucks on the table for anyone to get a
Scrubs tattoo. Maybe we should throw out a
Scrubs dare for someone to go get married in a chapel.
IGN: Season 3 introduces "The New Elliot". Can you talk about that transition?
Chalke: It was really fun. You know, we wore scrubs for the first couple of years, and Bill called me over the summer and said, "How do you feel if we chop your hair off and switch things up a little?" And it was fun. What doctor does not need platform heels and dark black eyeliner to treat their patients?
IGN: Have you ever made one of those radical changes in your own life?
Chalke: Yes, when I was 12, I read
Diet for a New America by John Robbins, which is a book on vegetarianism, and I couldn't even make it past the chicken section I was so disturbed. So I went overnight from carnivore to vegan at 12. That was my biggest overhaul. I've slowly gone back, later on in life, to fish and then chicken and then, last year, red meat.
IGN: Red meat is good.
Chalke: It's good, man. We just all went for a big steak dinner together. It was good!
IGN: Do you have any particular moments from Season Three that you were most proud of or are the most memorable for you?
Chalke: It was really cool going to Sea World. We had an amazing time. They were amazing to us. We got to swim with the dolphins, and it was really special.
IGN: Can you talk about working with Scott Foley?
Chalke: Yeah, he was fantastic. I had such a good time working with him. He has great comic timing, and is fun, and we really enjoyed having him. He was on Season One, and then they brought him back for Season Three, so we'd love to have him back again, but he's got his own big show now.
IGN: What's your all-time favorite moment in TV history?
Chalke: Many of them were on
Three's Company. That was definitely in my formative years, and probably also when I was watching CHiPs, and Ponch walked onto the screen for the first time. I have asked my boyfriend to be Ponch for Halloween before.
IGN: Are you the reason Erik Estrada was on the show?
Chalke: I actually was not, but I was very excited, and I actually have an Erik Estrada bobblehead doll now. He had to bring some paraphernalia for the episode, so he was nice enough to leave me with one of those.
IGN: None of the tight pants, though? He didn't leave you with any of those for your boyfriend?
Chalke: If only ... if only ...
IGN: Who's your favorite boyfriend on the show?
Chalke: Who's my favorite boyfriend I've had on the show? I can't answer that! Not here.
IGN (Looking for Travis Schuldt): Oh, he's at least two people down.
Chalke: (Laughs) He's at least two people down! Ya know, that is one of the definite perks of this job. I've had some very funny and gorgeous boyfriends.
IGN: Have you ever participated in a "Scrubs Factor"?
Chalke: Yes. I did a burlesque dance fantasy sequence, and at the end, the creator of the show Bill was like, "OK,
Scrubs Factor: Chalkie, go down to Starbucks in that outfit, and get coffee." And I had to wait 20 minutes in line in this ridiculous stripper outfit, and it was insanely embarrassing. But tonight there's one, $1000 bucks for a Scrubs tattoo. I don't know if someone's going to do it.
IGN: Does that extend to people like ourselves, if we show up with a Scrubs tattoo?
Chalke: (Laughs) I think it does, but I would check with the boss first, just in case.