Josh Duhamel is hitting the ice! The actor joins season 2 as ex-NHL player Colin Cole, who leads a no-joke competitive summer hockey institute that the Ducks team, led by coach Alex Morrow (Lauren Graham), attend after the Don't Brothers win the Mighty Ducks name.Earlier this year, only ET was on location at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, where the Anaheim Ducks play, to welcome Duhamel — who happened to be directing the episode they were filming -- into the family following Emilio Estevez's departure after season 1.
Duhamel previewed the new season alongside Graham with ET's Lauren Zima.«He's amazing. I couldn't be having more fun,» Graham marveled to ET about her new co-star. «I feel so lucky that we got to get Josh as an actor and he's been an incredible director.
These are days he wouldn't have even have to be [on set] if he wasn't directing the show so it's just really fun and it's fun to be back in California.»Graham also took a turn behind the camera, making her directorial debut on the Disney+ series. «I directed for the first time too and that was really fun, but extremely challenging to be in so much of it,» she admitted. «I thought I did an OK job but it's the double [workload] that's sort of a mind-bender.»Duhamel gave viewers a glimpse into his character, who's described as hardcore and charming, though he didn't quite buy the latter descriptor.«I don't know about the last one, it said he's a little cult leader,» he joked. «He's got these kids brainwashed into thinking hockey is the ultimate thing that you should be doing even on your summer break: 'This is what you should be doing.
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