Esther McGregor Says How Zach Braff Reminded Her of Dad Ewan McGregor

The family force is strong with Esther McGregor. 

As she follows in her dad Ewan McGregor’s acting footsteps, the We Were Liars actress she is making sure to take what she has learned from the Star Wars actor and bring it to set—and that includes creating a light-hearted atmosphere. So, she was more than thrilled that her Clean Hands costar Zach Braff was the same way.

“Me and my dad definitely poke at each other,” Esther told E! News in an exclusive joint interview with the Scrubs star. “When I was younger, we used to play crazy games, war games, all these things. I think that, yeah, there’s definitely some similarities.”

Meanwhile, Zach and Esther—who play Kevin Simmers and his daughter Brooke Simmers, respectively, in the film—agreed that it wasn’t just their playfulness, but also their natural on-set banter that informed the performances of their real-life characters.

That style of communication was “one thing Esther and I really found together,” Zach explained, “and it was so helpful because that really was their relationship between Kevin and Brooke was just making each other crack up and that sort of easy, easy banter.”