No secret: Zach Braff is a Woody Allen fan. Braff's 2004 emo indie, Garden State, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in (opposite Natalie Portman), drew comparisons to Annie Hall, to Manhattan. More than 10 years before that, a teenage Braff had a small part in Allen's Manhattan Murder Mystery, as the progeny of Allen and Diane Keaton's characters.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:15PM on July 12, 2014