Twelve-year-old finds Disney+ role on “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” to be the opportunity of a lifetime.
Nearly 28 years have passed since the emotional final episode of the TV series “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” an episode that famously showed the teen prodigy doctor (played by a youthful Neil Patrick Harris) give his notice at the fictional Eastman Medical Center to embark on a trip to Europe. It’s an episode that Wes Tian certainly hopes to catch up with sometime soon. “I’m actually in the middle of Season 2 [of ‘Doogie Howser, M.D.’] right now,” laughs the Chicago-based actor who recently landed a role on the Disney+ original series “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.” The coming-of-age dramedy was inspired by the original “Doogie” that ran on ABC from 1989 to 1993. “My parents have always talked about the show, but I have never seen it until now.” That’s because Tian was born in 2009. “Once I got the callback about this new show, I started watching the old show,” he exclaims. “It’s so good!” Indeed,12 years old, Tian finds himself playing the role of Brian Patrick Kamealoha, young brother to Lahela “Doogie” Kamealoha, a 16-year-old prodigy (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) trying her best to juggle a budding medical career with life as a teenager. “I love that he has such a bond with his older sister,” Tian says of the comedic character he plays on the show, set to begin streaming Sept.
