In an exclusive interrogation with E! News, Mighty Ducks: Game Changers's Lauren Graham praised play 2 starring antheral Josh Duhamel arsenic "perfect."
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Cast Dishes connected Season 2
When the starring antheral spot was near vacant for play 2 of Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Josh Duhamel subbed in.
In an exclusive chat with E! News, Lauren Graham, who stars arsenic azygous ma Alex successful the Disney+ show and is an enforcement producer, confirmed she was "blown away" that the Las Vegas alum was anxious to articulation the team.
"I person ever been a fan," she shared. "Often erstwhile determination are changes, it conscionable feels similar a conflict to marque a prime that feels similar it volition marque the amusement adjacent much fantastic. And that's what this felt similar to me."
Lauren further gushed over Josh being a "perfect" addition, adding, "We're truthful lucky."
Josh is stepping into the skates antecedently filled by Emilio Estevez, who appeared successful play 1 of the series, reprising his relation of Gordon Bombay from the Mighty Ducks trilogy. While it was initially reported that Emilio's declaration for the Disney+ bid was not renewed due to the fact that helium wouldn't comply with production's COVID-19 vaccination policy, the Breakfast Club histrion slammed the allegation, stating to Deadline that helium exited the bid implicit a "contract dispute."
"I instrumentality this pandemic precise seriously," helium added, "and I americium often teased astir my continued pursuing of the information protocols and my abundance of caution."
Though Josh's character Gavin Cole, a steely manager astatine an elite hockey camp, whitethorn beryllium reminiscent of Emilio's Coach Bombay, Lauren told E! News to not expect much of the same.
"The quality of this amusement is that it's benignant of a movie breached down," she explained. "So we're not going backmost to the aforesaid sets. You don't person to person the aforesaid operation you had."
However, Josh told E! News that you tin expect immoderate hostility betwixt Gavin and Alex. "I wasn't expecting this mentation of the Mighty Ducks to amusement up," Josh said of the erstwhile Don't Bothers players taking implicit the Mighty Ducks' jerseys. "It made for immoderate large comedy, particularly erstwhile they archetypal amusement up successful that bushed up aged RV eating gallic fries and cheeseburgers."
According to Josh, this squad volition yet thatch his quality that determination "is more to beingness than hockey."
See the caller dynamic play out, arsenic the play 2 premiere of The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers is disposable connected Disney+.
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