Les Experts Las Vegas on TF1: Why won’t just these two actors return for the sequel?

Les Experts Las Vegas on TF1: Why won’t just these two actors return for the sequel?

TF1 viewers will face the past tonight. From 21:10, the channel broadcasts the first three episodes of CSI: Las Vegas, the continuation of the cult detective series of the 2000s, the synopsis of which is as follows:

Faced with an unprecedented crisis that could threaten the existence of a forensic laboratory, a brilliant group of scientists must recruit old friends and deploy new techniques to keep the peace, if they can, in Las Vegas and prevent the worst.

The three seasons of CSI Las Vegas welcomed back some familiar faces to fans: William L. Petersen (Grissom), Marg Helgenberger (Katherine Willows), Jorja Fox (Sarah), Paul Guilfoyle (Jim Brass) and Eric Schmanda (Greg Saunders). .. but two actors are missing and that’s why.

Goodbye Warrick

CSI ran from 2000 to 2015, and in those fifteen seasons, things happened that you may have forgotten. Among them, the death of one of the members of the scientific group.

We’re at the end of Season 8 when actor Gary Durand makes an announcement that leaves the series. Officially because his contract was expiring, unofficially because his arrest for drug possession that year didn’t sit well with CBS.

For several years, he played Warwick, a fan favorite character alongside his co-star Nick. The writers then decide to kill off his character: he is shot and killed in the final episode of season 8 and dies in Grissom’s arms in the first episode of season 9.

Therefore, there is no chance that Gary Durand will return to CSI Las Vegas, especially since the actor has since had several convictions for cocaine and domestic violence.

The George Eads Case

Nick’s interpreter, George Eads, left the series in 2014 as it was nearing its end. And unlike the others, they didn’t really offer to participate in it Revival series. And it probably has something to do with an event that happened on the set of CSI.

In 2013, Eds was removed from the series for several episodes. After the dispute With the screenwriter, who was pregnant at the time, about writing her character. After leaving the series in 2014, the actor landed a role on MacGyver before stepping away from television.

Les Experts: Las Vegas to be discovered tonight on TF1.

Source: Allocine

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