You have one 10-episode season of “CSI: Vegas” under your belt. What was it like joining such an iconic franchise?
It was a lot. It was exciting as heck, truly, and it’s weird. The only thing I can think of right now is when you see Santa Claus. You’re walking around, and you see him, and it’s like, “Oh, you’re real.” That’s the truth of it. It’s amazing. It’s amazing being in a community and on a show that you have heard about and dreamed about and that is so iconic.
Did it feel like stepping onto a long-running series, or did it feel more like joining a brand-new show?
A little bit of both. The show itself is the subject matter and how it goes about it, the stuff that it’s about … [That’s when you know] you’re stepping onto something that’s been there for a long time. But the fact that we’ve got a bunch of new people and a new showrunner [Jason Tracey] with Jerry Bruckheimer Television has brought it into 2020. So it’s a little bit of both, and now I get to play with Marg [Helgenberger], who was part of that long-running experience.
The Season 1 cast included returning actors Jorja Fox and William Petersen. What did you learn from them about the ways of “CSI”?
I can tell you one thing Billy would always say: “Just focus on that. Their attention goes where your eyes go. They love when you focus.” He was really into the gaze of the scientist on a piece of some science or a science process. Jorja was really good about helping. She gave me these pastilles, these homeopathic things that help you stay relaxed, because we have a lot of stuff to say, like “single nucleotide polymorphisms.” It’s like hieroglyphics, but the pastilles help you to stay relaxed and learn a bunch of words.
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