Blue Bloods Len Cariou Says Last Day on Set Was ‘At a Funeral’

Blue Bloods’ Len Cariou’s final day on set of the present’s last season was “fairly bittersweet” because it occurred in an unconventional filming location.

“The final scene, after all, was at a funeral, and so we weren’t even in the home the day that we wrapped it up,” he instructed TV Insider in an interview revealed on November 1. “I used to be completed that day myself and several other of the others, Tom [Selleck]‘s group of fellows, Bridget [Moynahan] and Steve [Schirripa], and the others, they have been achieved that day, too, earlier than the remainder of the episode was completed.”

Len, 85, has portrayed Henry Reagan because the present’s first season aired in 2010.

“So it was form of unusual in that sense, identical to every other day, every other week. And we had simply form of gotten used to the truth that we had mentioned our goodbyes, if you’ll, with not lots of emotional occasions collectively,” he mentioned of his last day on set. “So we mentioned, OK, that’s over and achieved with, and we’ll keep in contact if we are able to.”

Fortunately, it wasn’t lengthy till he got to see his costars once more as they gathered to do press for the second a part of season 14.

“After which lo and behold, a few weeks in the past, all of us bought collectively for the wrap-up, for the launch of the final eight reveals, and that was bittersweet,” Len defined to the outlet. “I simply bought used to the truth that we mentioned our goodbyes after which everyone was again within the room collectively, and that made it just a little bit troublesome for me.”

Tom, 79, who portrays Henry’s son, Frank Reagan, echoed the identical sentiment about how a lot he’s going to overlook his castmates.

“The household of actors is as shut because the Reagan household and the characters that they play,” Tom, 79, instructed TV Insider in an interview revealed on October 3. “There’s isn’t a single one among them who didn’t need to come again. Most reveals don’t finish that approach — there’s petty jealousy and all kinds of issues — and we appeared to beat that. It’s one thing for everyone to hold their hats on and be happy with.”

The Magnum, P.I. alum defined that the dynamic of the present’s unimaginable solid was so robust, and it reminded him of when his tenure on CBS began a long time in the past.

“You set a tone early, and I’m proud to say I had one thing to do with that, having had such an excellent expertise on Magnum,” Tom mirrored. “On Blue Bloods, in some methods, I used to be the patriarch of the actor Reagan household. They knew I [had worked on a long-running show before] so I had some credibility when issues got here up. It helped, I feel.”

As for what is going to occur to the Reagan household, followers will simply should tune in and see because the final episodes of Blue Bloods air on Fridays at 10 p.m. on CBS.