It takes a lot for a tough guy like Tom Selleck to cry. What if Tom Selleck He cries, be sure that everyone around him will start crying too. His co-star (and fictional son) on Blue Bloods, Donnie Wahlberg, was absent from filming the final episode of the series, which will end this year after a 14-year run.
“On the last day, I was shooting all my scenes in the squad room, and that’s where I was as Danny Reagan, and Tom Selleck came in just to watch.Wahlberg explained on the set of SiriusXM’s Andy Cohen Live (via Entertainment Weekly ).
“When he comes down to watch you work and be there to say goodbye to everyone and I’m shooting scenes, I’m already emotional. I look around the room and see him. He’s really tall and he’s standing over everyone in the back corner looking teary eyed. It was as if the waters began to flow. I could literally cry just thinking about it.”
Donnie Wahlberg later stated that he “He felt immense gratitude, not sadnessAs for the end of the series, he added:But everyone was crying. Everyone cried, of course. The last day was heartbreaking.“
Cancellation is difficult to digest
CBS first announced that the long-running crime and family series will end after 14 seasons in November 2023. Stars of the show, such as Wahlberg and Bridget Moynahan, have admitted to being “more sad and sad“which is pleased with the channel’s decision and as recently as this month, Tom Selleck He spoke openly about his “disappointment” due to this verdict. They had earlier fought to keep the serial on the screens, but to no avail.
“I’m not going to turn into a grumpy old man who says, “Get off my lawn.” I don’t believe in hard feelings, but if you say to a TV network, “Here’s a show you can schedule at the worst possible time that’s guaranteed to win Friday nights for the next 15 years,” it’s almost impossible. believe it My frustration is that the show has always been credited because it was successful from the start. So how do I feel? It will take a long time to sort it all out.“
in turn Donnie Wahlberg also shared his feelings about the cancellation of the show: “ A lot of emotions, right? Because in a sense, 14 years have passed in the blink of an eye. In other words, it was 14 years of my life. When the series started, I didn’t even know my wife.”
Tears but hope
When asked if the series finale was an actual departure for the Reagan family, Wahlberg replied that “The audience will probably be happy” : “There will be many tears. I think we had the same tears, but there is a very sad scene that happens in the middle of the final episode that will be very emotional. But I think the audience will be really happy because there’s a lot. So to answer your question directly, I think it’s a finale, but a hopeful, forward-thinking finale.“
It remains to be seen what future we are talking about here. Indeed, at Paramount Global’s shareholder meeting last June, CEO Brian Robbins named blue blood Among the company’s most valuable intellectual properties, it explains that “New franchise extensions are coming for Dexter , Billions and Blue Bloods , and the success of CBS Fire Country shows great promise.“
while Donnie Wahlberg He seems content with the series ending, or at least resigned to it. Tom SelleckHe hopes that “CBS will come to mind“.
The first episode of the second half of Blue Bloods season 14 aired yesterday on CBS. The final seven episodes will follow every Friday. In France, you can find the series on Paramount+.
Source: Allocine
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