http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i7091575e2b2c21c220fb154fbf47cef8Freddie Prinze Jr. joins '24'
Freddie Prinze Jr. as Jack Bauer Jr.?
Sources said Prinze is joining the cast of Fox's "24" as a regular, playing Davis Cole, a recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to follow in Jack Bauer's (Kiefer Sutherland) footsteps.
On the real-time drama, whose upcoming eighth season started production Wednesday, Prinze joins fellow new cast additions Anil Kapoor, who plays a Middle East leader; Chris Diamantopoulos, as the president's new chief of staff; and John Boyd as a CTU systems analyst. All of them are regulars, while Jennifer Westfeldt has come aboard as a recurring, playing a a journalist.
Also cast as a recurring on the 20th TV/Imagine series is Nazneen Contractor as Kapoor's daughter.
Prinze, repped by ICM and Brillstein, recently co-starred on the ABC comedy pilot "No Heroics."
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dawn9476 |
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BiancaUL |
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Yuck.
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babylulu |
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Meh.
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BuzzOffDatAlcohol |
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I dont even care who's on the show, I'm just excited about the new season. I love Jack! I also wanna know what happened with the President's
daughter, I couldn't stand that bitch!
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AngelJC718 |
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I don't even watch the show, but that face seems appropriate right now. |
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quequi |
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cool, i love 24
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roxa236 |
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no no, I don't want a Jack Bauer wannabe, leave the show alone
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babylis55 |
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Eugh, bad choice!
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sweeteternity |
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babylis55 wrote:I agree. |
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Rysi |
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sweeteternity wrote:Agree too. |
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emilyanne58 |
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I thought he was writing for the WWE?
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BiancaUL |
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They [quietly] parted ways a few months ago.
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maddddd |
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Ehhh. I'll reserve judgement on. lol
Nazneen Contractor is the girlfriend (wife?) of Carlo Rota who plays Morris. I /heart him. |
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RhinestoneCowgrrl |
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Ooh! I like this.
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killergoalie13 |
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Gee, maybe Jack will also get a dog this year. Perhaps, oh I don't know, a...GREAT DANE!!
Sorry, just can't picture Freddie Prinze Jr. as a "Jack Bauer" type. |
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babylis55 |
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^^ I can't either. He bugs me as an actor.
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