Boston Blue Star Addresses Recasting Backlash

Boston Blue actor, Mika Amonsen, opens up in regards to the backlash he has obtained from devoted followers of the flagship present, Blue Bloods, after changing Andrew Terraciano as Danny Reagan’s (Donnie Wahlberg) son, Sean Reagan.

In an interview with Us Weekly, the actor revealed how he has confronted a whole lot of negativity, and it has not all been easy crusing. Whereas he has obtained loads of reward, there are simply as many followers who want that Boston Blue hadn’t changed the unique actor. “There’s been some negativity, for positive. However once I look below these posts which have the negativity, there’s a whole lot of followers rallying for Sean and folks saying that they actually loved this character that I’ve created — or my model of character,” he defined.

Amonsen added that the criticism is usually a little powerful as a result of he needed to please all followers of the unique present. Nevertheless, regardless of all of it, he’s nonetheless very grateful to the viewers who admire his iteration of the character. “They’re actually having fun with the present, and so they love the place it’s going by way of Sean, and that makes me joyful.“

He remembered feeling anxious when he first bought the position. He instructed the publication that he needed to respect Terraciano’s model of Sean whereas making the character his personal. The actor even adopted the coiffure of his predecessor. “I positively felt a ton of strain at first. I felt the strain to respect an actor earlier than me as a result of I needed to respect Andrew the perfect I may,” he mentioned. Amonsen additional elaborated, “There have been even sure visible selections that I made that I needed to maintain by way of hair styling and sure methods of being [as Sean].”

Amonsen defined how every little thing occurred in a short time by way of casting and filming. He mentioned that he tried his greatest to observe as a lot of the collection as doable. He revealed that watching the later seasons was essential to studying who the character is, how he has grown all through the unique collection, and the way he ought to painting him in Boston Blue.

I actually wish to preserve Sean as shut as I can within the ways in which I do it out of respect for this character that everybody loves — but in addition the character Andrew constructed. After I booked the present, all of it occurred actually rapidly. It was inside a few week’s time, and I used to be actually thrown into it rapidly. I did binge-watch as a lot as I may, and I discovered doing the later seasons was extra useful. I needed to get a way of who Sean was towards the top of the present. I actually needed to get a way of his character at that time into maturity and his relationship with Danny.

Sean was featured in all 14 seasons of Blue Bloods, which aired from 2010 to 2024. He’s the son of Danny and Linda Rose Reagan (performed by Amy Carlson). The couple additionally had one other son named Jack (Tony Terraciano).

Boston Blue airs new episodes on Fridays at 10:00 PM ET and seven:00 PM PT on CBS. All episodes of Blue Bloods can be found to stream on Paramount Plus.