The shock announcement of S.W.A.T. Exiles will get an sincere response from veteran star Jay Harrington. Solely hours after the S.W.A.T. sequence finale, it was introduced that Shemar Moore would reprise the position of Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, Jr. for a by-product that might characteristic a largely new forged. The announcement got here from Sony Footage Tv, which produces the motion drama sequence, and took many viewers without warning.
In an interview with TVLine, Harrington shared his candid ideas on the S.W.A.T. spinoff. The actor, who has performed the position of David “Deacon” Kay for the reason that premiere of S.W.A.T., was requested how he came upon in regards to the deliberate Exiles sequence. Within the quote beneath, Harrington shares how he realized of the information and displays on how he feels in regards to the undertaking. Learn his full quote beneath:
It was the day earlier than. Shemar reached out to to all of us to say, “That is what’s happening…,” and, you already know, there’s speak that they’ll attain out to us about stuff. He wished to be the one to inform us, and say “your reps will discover out shortly.” That’s once I advised my reps, they usually had no thought.
Look, I’ll be very clear. I’ve been on this enterprise for a very long time. You don’t get “owed” issues simply since you put in your time. If that’s the route they’re going to go, I want it success. It’s only a nice line between “owed” and “simply let me know,” for the studio simply to say, “Hey, that is what we’re considering…. It’s a brand new thought, however that is the route we gotta go, and sadly the way in which it’s structured, we wish to make a clear break, begin contemporary.” Nicely, what do you say to that? “OK, effectively, good luck!” So if there was any disappointment, it’s that once they introduced it, we weren’t talked about in any respect. That was it. And it was short-lived as a result of I assumed, “I’m not going to let that take away from what I do know in my coronary heart is eight years of placing in some nice work.”
It is A Blended Bag
Harrington provides a substantive interview, wherein he expresses blended emotions about S.W.A.T. Exiles general. One of many positives in regards to the spinoff, which is able to hail from Lucifer showrunner Jason Ning, is that it would maintain the unique S.W.A.T. behind-the-scenes crew employed. That features Harrington’s brother. The actor additionally addresses the controversial remarks from Moore, wherein he referred to himself because the Tom Brady of the motion drama sequence.
Harrington says, partially: “I heard about it — I didn’t see it — after which once I noticed it, I mentioned, “I do know this man and he’s not making an attempt to decrease us,” as a result of, hey, if he’s utilizing that analogy, Julian Edelman. Rob Gronkowski… they’re fairly stable athletes themselves and [potential] Corridor of Famers. I attempted to not take that as a private something.”
The problem for Harrington, together with different actors like David Lim, is the abrupt approach S.W.A.T. Exiles was introduced. This was mentioned to be partially as a result of Sony Footage Tv was desperate to get the undertaking in entrance of potential patrons at a current occasion for the reason that spinoff nonetheless does not have a platform. In any case, Sony execs have since indicated that the door is open for former S.W.A.T. forged members to reprise their roles in some capability.
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Deacon Wants To Come Again
Outdoors of Moore coming again as Hondo, there’s at the moment no casting information for S.W.A.T. Exiles. But when any of Hondo’s pals may make their approach again for the spinoff, Harrington arguably makes essentially the most sense to a minimum of recur. His presence would put the spinoff, a bit contentious thus far, on a greater path to success.
Supply: TVLine
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