Zach Braff Had No Idea Gabrielle Union's Husband Dwyane Wade Was a NBA Legend
etonline.comZach Braff knows there is no competition between him and his on-screen wife, Gabrielle Union’s real-life husband, Dwyane Wade.
Braff and Union play parents, Zoey and Paul Baker,in the Disney+ remake of , and the star still can't believe he's the one they picked for the role. “I knew what a knockout of a woman she was and that she was a good actress, and I just couldn’t believe they thought that she would legitimately pick me as her husband,” he says on Tuesday’s.
And when it came to keeping up with Union's real-life love, Braff admits he had no idea who he was. “First of all, I knew nothing about sports,” he said. “So, when she kept talking about her husband, Dwyane, I was like, ‘Oh, I hope to one day meet this Dwyane.’ I had no idea who it was.” The 46-year-old actor knows the former athlete now, which he acknowledged added some pressure to the role. “They’re just the coolest couple,” Braff says. “I was worried about pretending to be her husband.
So, all I could do was get in the best shape I could, and have some abs. I had an ab or two.” Union and Wade have been married since 2014, while Braff has been in a relationship with actress Florence Pugh for three years.
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