Blue Bloods is ending after 14 seasons however the present’s stars, together with Len Cariou, aren’t waving goodbye to appearing for good.
“He’s not able to retire. He’s 85 years younger,” Abigail Hawk mentioned of her costar throughout an interview with Us Weekly final month. “One of many coolest issues about our present, apart from just like the household dinners and apart from [the fact that] clearly these individuals are beloved, is that we present that age is basically only a quantity.”
Len, 85, has portrayed Henry Reagan since season 1 of the present in 2010. And earlier than that, he had fairly the stage profession, incomes a number of Tony Award nominations and significant acclaim.
Abigail, 42, instructed the outlet that a number of of her costars had been upset that Blue Bloods was canceled by CBS.
“None of us wished the present to finish. Each single certainly one of us, no matter no matter rumors had been flying round, was very prepared, keen, and in a position to proceed working,” she mentioned. “Most particularly Tom [Selleck] and Len.”
Although Len is barely six years older than Tom, 79, in actual life, he portrayed Tom’s character Frank Reagan’s father on the present. And lots of followers must agree that Henry has been the center of the present in some ways, whether or not it’s bringing laughter, nice recommendation or consolation.
“All of us get alongside terribly nicely,” Len mentioned of his Blue Bloods costars throughout an April interview with Observer. “And that doesn’t occur each outing.”
He established an amazing friendship with Tom, who he has shared many scenes with through the years.
“Tom has been doing this all his life, and he’s a grasp at it,” Len mentioned. “It’s an actual pleasure to be with him.”
For Len, saying goodbye to a personality that has meant a lot to him has been “tough.”
“It was fairly emotional. It wasn’t the very last thing we did, however it was good in a single sense to be within the room collectively, however it was a tricky day for us,” he instructed TV Insider of filming the last family dinner in an interview printed on November 1. “And never all people, after all, on the present is there after we’re filming that. So there’s that fragment of it.”
“However the fascinating factor about that was that the very first scene that we filmed after we made the pilot was the dinner scene,” he added. “The very first thing we placed on movie was that scene again in Episode 101. In order that was fairly fascinating. We talked a bit about that as a result of there have been a few solid modifications when the present lastly launched. So it was fairly emotional.”
Like Len, Tom has additionally expressed a need to proceed working nicely after Blue Bloods is off the air. The Magnum, P.I. alum hinted that he wished to make another Jesse Stone movie.
“It seems to be like now I might need to write down [a script for another movie.]” Tom instructed TV Insider on October 3. “It wouldn’t be a last one as a result of all people loves it. Jesse is a superb character, and it might be fascinating to seek out out the place he’s fairly a number of years later. However I have to regroup; I don’t know what’s subsequent, however assuming the telephone doesn’t cease ringing, I’m going to maintain working.”
