Blue Bloods‘ well-rated collection finale has aired amid the 2024 TV schedule, bringing the present to an in depth after 14 seasons. Whereas it’s nonetheless laborious to fathom that the present is over, its run was spectacular. The procedural grew to become a mainstay for CBS on Friday nights, and it’s partly due to the forged, which incorporates Tom Selleck. After enjoying Frank Reagan for over a decade, Selleck opened up concerning the “hazard” of doing a present for thus a few years and the way he prevented that whereas enjoying Frank Reagan.
It was, understandably, laborious for Tom Selleck to wrap Blue Bloods. But he is clearly no stranger to saying goodbye to a long-held function, having starred on the unique Magnum P.I. again within the ‘80s, which ran for eight seasons. In the end, BB wound up being his longest-running function, which is one thing to be pleased with. Nonetheless, contemplating the work he is carried out, Selleck is nicely conscious of the pitfalls one can face when enjoying a task for thus lengthy, as he instructed Leisure Weekly:
All of the work you do goes into a little bit one thing inside and broadens, hopefully, your perspective and your expertise as an actor. I’ve at all times believed that the dedication an actor makes ought to look like, ‘Right here goes nothing!’ Make it appear to be, ‘Right here goes nothing.’ But it surely’s actually ‘Right here goes every thing.’ I might’ve thought that if I did a present for 15 years, the hazard could be to get comfy. ‘Okay, what are the jokes? I do know this man.’
For some actors, it will be laborious to remain in the identical function for thus lengthy, as you’re principally flexing the identical form of performing muscle mass each single day. With that, there is a temptation to get too comfy, and you could even turn into bored because of this, too. Fortunately for the Jesse Stone icon, he by no means felt that method whereas enjoying Frank Reagan as a result of, like all of the characters on Blue Bloods, the longer the present went on, the extra the characters developed. And that is one thing the now-79 year-old actor actually appreciated:
However I continued to find out about Frank Reagan and watch him evolve as a personality for 15 years. I used to be by no means bored. I am proud to say no person on this forged ever phoned a efficiency in, and that was the actual hazard. And albeit, it is stunning if I might’ve began a present and I mentioned, “15 years, I will get bored.” It by no means occurs. I am grateful to say, and the writers continued to see the evolution within the characters and allow them to develop and alter. 15 years is a very long time, and you modify bodily, you modify each different method. You are simply older. At a sure level, all these issues entered into what I will put in my little actor’s handbook and use, as a result of I actually do not intend to cease working.
That could be the very best good thing about a present airing for years. As a viewer, I get pleasure from seeing how characters evolve because the actors grow old and studying extra about them. Including layers to them in natural methods could be hit and miss, however I would argue that the BB writers and producers did a stable job of that. And, primarily based on social media posts which have been shared over time, followers relished that.
On that word, Selleck does not perceive why CBS ended Blue Bloods and was additionally annoyed by the cancellation. His current feedback have steered that the present meant so much to him. Selleck beforehand spoke concerning the present’s longevity, and between the Reagan household dinners and the motion. Regardless of the cancellation although, Selleck is aiming to do one factor:
My greatest aim is to ensure individuals understand we went out in slightly spectacular success. It wasn’t drained, it wasn’t anything. Any individual might be able to inform me sometime why CBS needed to finish it, however I have not had a very good reply but.
There have been rumored discussions of a doable Blue Bloods spinoff and, whereas nothing has been confirmed, it wouldn’t be stunning if CBS had been to maneuver ahead with one. Regardless that it will be laborious to match the OG present’s success, I am positive Tom Selleck could be sport — so long as his character does not turn into stale or predictable. Proper now, you’ll be able to stream BB utilizing a Paramount+ subscription.