--- title: Zach Braff Is So Ready to Play This New Character for SNL description: The 'Scrubs' actor tweeted to SNL creator Lorne Michaels that he is prepared to be White House aide Stephen Miller for the next SNL. canonical: https://time.com/4886020/zach-braff-stephen-miller/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-03T16:27:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:08.315Z og:title: Zach Braff Is So Ready to Play This New Character for SNL og:description: Braff is chomping at the bit to play this White House aide og:url: https://time.com/4886020/zach-braff-stephen-miller/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6256595c87e2110/6988d85286f68e1eb96e5db6/zach-braff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2740 og:image:height: 1541 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Sony Pictures' "Baby Driver" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Zach Braff Is So Ready to Play This New Character for SNL twitter:description: Braff is chomping at the bit to play this White House aide twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6256595c87e2110/6988d85286f68e1eb96e5db6/zach-braff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Zach Braff Is So Ready to Play This Political Character on _Saturday Night Live_ > Sponsored content. 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Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 3, 2017 4:27 PM UTC Actor [Zach Braff](http://time.com/3697870/10-celebrities-you-didnt-know-won-grammys/item/zach-braff/) — perhaps best known for his portrayal of the zany doctor-in-training J.D. on long-running [medical sitcom _Scrubs_](http://time.com/4317370/scrubs-television-netflix-show/) — is eyeing a new role. He’s very passionate about wanting to play White House political adviser [Stephen Miller](http://time.com/4703232/trump-travel-ban-stephen-miller-rudy-giuliani/) for _Saturday Night Live_. In a tweet posted Wednesday evening, Braff spoke directly to _SNL_ head honcho [Lorne Michaels](http://time.com/4515769/lorne-michaels-alec-baldwin-donald-trump-tina-fey/) about his newfound desire to parody the aide who has gone viral this week, because of his statements about immigration policy. “Dear Lorne Michaels, I can do this. Put me in Coach \[sic\],” he wrote, including a photo of Miller. “This” is most likely satirizing a Wednesday press conference in which Miller entered [a heated debate](http://time.com/4884808/stephen-miller-immigration-policy-jim-acosta/) with a CNN reporter, calling out a “cosmopolitan bias.” Miller made an effort to distance the message of the Statue of Liberty from the iconic [Emma Lazarus poem](http://time.com/4652666/statue-of-liberty-give-me-your-tired-poor/) inscribed on its base, which speaks to the American immigration experience and is often considered part and parcel of the statue’s symbolism. Miller dismissed the poem in his attempts to explain Trump’s [more limited proposed immigration policy](http://time.com/4884914/immigration-raise-act-white-house/?xid=newsletter-the-goods?xid=newsletter-lifevr?xid=newsletter-politics). Braff hosted _SNL_ once before, back in 2007\. If chosen for the gig, he would join the likes of [Melissa McCarthy](http://time.com/4868579/sean-spicer-melissa-mccarthy-snl-democrats/) (Sean Spicer), [Alec Baldwin](http://time.com/4699106/snl-alec-baldwin-donald-trump-aliens-troops/) (Donald Trump), and [Kate McKinnon](http://time.com/4818645/kate-mckinnon-jeff-sessions-impression-hearing/) (Kellyanne Conway and Jeff Sessions) who have played members of the current administration on the comedy show. Unfortunately, _SNL_ is currently [on summer hiatus](https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live). Its 43rd season will pick up again in the fall. But Weekend Update spinoff kicks off soon at which point Stephen Miller may still be in the news. > [](https://twitter.com/zachbraff/status/892874771020496896) Braff’s fans immediately saw the connection and are all on board with his wish. > [](https://twitter.com/ShooterMcbaggin/status/892876256643100672) > [](https://twitter.com/kimwim/status/892885887176015873) > [](https://twitter.com/CayciJ/status/892877081239007236) > [](https://twitter.com/betjd/status/892889959983497216) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4886020/zach-braff-stephen-miller/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4886020/zach-braff-stephen-miller/"},"headline":"Zach Braff Is So Ready to Play This Political Character on Saturday Night Live","datePublished":"2017-08-03T16:27:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:08.315Z","description":"The 'Scrubs' actor tweeted to SNL creator Lorne Michaels that he is prepared to be White House aide Stephen Miller for the next SNL.","url":"https://time.com/4886020/zach-braff-stephen-miller/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","Saturday Night Live","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6256595c87e2110/6988d85286f68e1eb96e5db6/zach-braff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte6256595c87e2110/6988d85286f68e1eb96e5db6/zach-braff.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of Sony Pictures' \"Baby Driver\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere Of Sony Pictures' \"Baby Driver\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4886020/zach-braff-stephen-miller/","name":"Zach Braff Is So Ready to Play This Political Character on Saturday Night Live"}}]}] ```