Zach Braff has raised NZ$2 million in a day after launching a Kickstarter campaign to fund a sequel to his hit movie Garden State.
The Scrubs and Oz: The Great and Powerful star is trying to emulate the success of the Kickstarter campaign for a movie adaptation of the TV series Veronica Mars, which raised US$5.7 million from 91,585 backers.
He has racked up US$1.7 million (NZ$2 million) in donations toward his film titled Wish I Was Here in just over a day. His goal is US$2 million.
The 38-year-old actor made his pitch for funding in a funny video featuring cameos from his former Scrubs co-star Donald Faison, as well as The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons and comedian Chris Hardwick.
He said: "I was about to sign a typical financing deal in order to get the money to make Wish I Was Here, my follow up to Garden State. It would have involved making a lot of sacrifices I think would have ultimately hurt the film.