Tom Selleck Reflects on 15 Years of BLUE BLOODS: ‘Enormous Blessing’
By Movieguide® Contributor
BLUE BLOODS star Tom Selleck reflected on the hit show, and while he is hopeful for his acting future, he already misses his co-stars.
“A good Western’s always on my list,” Selleck said in an interview at Parade. “I miss that. I want to sit on a horse again.”
The actor shared that while he doesn’t have anything specific lined up, people are interested in him for potential roles, saying, “I wouldn’t say [offers] are pouring in, but maybe some people are thinking of me.”
He continued, “I don’t know where my next job will take me. People ask, ‘What do you want to do next?’ I’m not sure. I don’t want to do Frank Reagan II.”
Wrapping BLUE BLOODS is a difficult adjustment. “The hardest part for me is we had the BLUE BLOODS family, and we had the actors’ family. They’re all my pals. I miss them. It’s going to take a lot of getting used to,” Selleck admitted.
He, along with the rest of the cast, still don’t know why exactly CBS canceled the hit procedural.
“I can’t figure out why they didn’t start streaming it, do 10 episodes a year. But I’m not the boss,” Selleck told Variety in a recent interview. “Everybody wanted to come back. And I think with this cast, it would have been a gift for the audience. I don’t make those decisions. I’m prepared to celebrate and commemorate this show, but I’m still getting used to it.”
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BLUE BLOODS’ final episode aired last Friday.
“In the end, as it was when the Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess created CBS series debuted on September 24, 2010, BLUE BLOODS remains all about family,” Variety recapped the final episode titled “End of Tour.”
Selleck’s Frank Reagan ended the series with a note of gratitude in the last iconic family dinner scene: “You know, we’ve got a lot to be thankful for,” he says. “And looking around at this table, I gotta say, I couldn’t be more proud or grateful.”
The actor echoed his character’s sentiments.
“We loved the show. It was a blessing for 15 years,” he told EW. “I mean, we had two families. We had the Reagan family that we portrayed, and quite quickly we had this family of actors who all actually liked each other, which never happens in television. So it was an enormous blessing.”
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