Tom Selleck Was Pitched a Blue Bloods Spinoff About Frank Retiring

Tom Selleck revealed there was one Blue Bloods spinoff concept that was pitched to him that he finally did not want to be a part of.

In an interview with Variety printed on Thursday, December 12, Tom, 79, and on display screen son Donnie Wahlberg spoke in regards to the present’s surprising cancellation after 14 years on CBS.

When the interviewer introduced up the thought of probably doing a Blue Bloods spinoff, Tom mentioned that he was pitched an thought about his character, Frank Reagan, retiring from the NYPD and shifting out of New York Metropolis to go work for an area police drive. Nevertheless, he was not too eager on the thought.

“I mentioned, ‘That’s actually good, however I’m going to do another Jesse Stone movie. I’m going to put in writing that,’” he mentioned in the course of the interview.

On the flip aspect, Donnie, 55, appeared extra open to listening to possible spinoff ideas, so long as household stays on the coronary heart of the present.

“It’s going to be a really delicate dance to maintain that integrity. The place’s the household going to be? They will’t be in New York. I’d in all probability drive to New York from Ohio, if I used to be Danny, to go to each dinner and again,” he mentioned of Danny Reagan, the character he has portrayed on the present for all 14 seasons.

He mentioned that there’s a a part of him that hopes Blue Bloods can be introduced again in some capability sooner or later after the season 14 finale airs on Friday, December 13.

“Till we all know that there’s completely no approach this present may be resurrected by some means, I feel we’re all strolling ahead … however taking a peek again,” the New Children on the Block member admitted.

One factor Tom and Donnie agreed on is how the present taught them that each second with household is valuable. The Magnum, P.I. alum lives on a 63-acre ranch in Ventura County, California, along with his spouse, Jillie Mack, whereas Donnie lives in Illinois along with his spouse, Jenny McCarthy. They have been each more than pleased touring to New York Metropolis to movie Blue Bloods all through the present’s run due to the sense of group an household that the present introduced.

“It’s not that I’m not dedicated to my household, however I reside in a unique state than my siblings. I feel while you come from a giant household, you’ll be able to keep shut however my profession has taken me everywhere in the world, and it nonetheless does,” Donnie defined.

“My sister at all times calls and says, ‘Come on, Mother’s gone now, let’s all fly to Boston and do Thanksgiving.’ A whole lot of occasions I’m like, ‘It’s a protracted flight. I’ve been flying forwards and backwards, filming and occurring tour. I simply need to sit at residence and placed on the hearth and be with my spouse and my canines,’” Donnie admitted. “Possibly I have to hop on a aircraft and do some bit extra of these events with the siblings and encourage Mark [Wahlberg] to get on a aircraft and do the identical.”