“The original ‘Doogie’ and the current ‘Doogie’ — in some ways, they’re kind of like bookends to major periods of my life,” Teresa Tuan said. “And, hopefully, the start of another period of my life.”
Peyton Elizabeth Lee, left, stars as Lahela in "Doogie Kamealoha, M.D." Teresa Tuan, right, who grew up in Utah as a real-life Doogie, is a consultant on the show — and is pursuing a career as a TV writer.A real-life “Doogie Howser, M.D.” who grew up in Utah is helping to shape a reboot of that series, “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.”
The only child of Taiwanese immigrants, Tuan was born in San Francisco but grew up in Salt Lake City. “It’s someplace that I’m very fond of,” she said. Her parents moved to Utah because they had a brine shrimp harvesting operation.As a 12-year-old seventh grader, she took part in the Extended Learning Program at West High School.
14-year-old Teresa Tuan smiles for a photograph during graduation ceremonies at Salt Lake Community College in Taylorsville May 7, 2004. Everything she experienced growing up, she now considers “fuel for why I’m a writer now.” And it feels “really special” to see the characters on “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.” — which is set in Hawaii — talking about “emotional vulnerability, about feeling helpless, about all of these things that you don’t normally see in medical dramas. … Had I seen that as a teenager, I think my perception of myself would have been different. I think the way people interacted with me would have been different.
Five months later, “after I’d kind of half-forgotten, half given up and was doing other stuff, I got this email” from the producers. Shortly thereafter, she was on a Zoom call with Kang, executive producer Melvin Mar and writer Matt Kahn. Despite being “very unprepared,” a month later she was hired as a consultant.Bringing Doogie to life
She’s also psyched about working on a show that features multiple Asian characters. For example, Lahela’s father is Asian; her mother is white.
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