Boston Blue‘s Mika Amonsen addressed getting the prospect to play Donnie Wahlberg‘s onscreen Sean — a job that was recast after Andrew Terraciano originated the character on Blue Bloods.
“I definitely felt a ton of pressure at first. I felt the pressure to respect an actor before me because I desired to respect Andrew the most effective I could,” Amonsen exclusively told Us Weekly. “There have been even certain visual decisions that I made that I desired to keep when it comes to hair styling and certain ways of being [as Sean].”
Amonsen desired to pay tribute to Terraciano’s tackle the character, adding, “I actually need to keep up Sean as close 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 built.”
Blue Bloods fans met the Reagan family when the show premiered on CBS in 2010. Wahlberg’s fan-favorite character Danny was previously married to Linda Rose Reagan (Amy Carlson), with whom he shared sons Jack and Sean, before her death. The role of Danny’s youngest son was played by Terraciano for everything of the show’s 14 seasons before Amonsen was announced as the brand new face for Sean in Boston Blue.
“Once I booked the show, all of it happened really quickly. It was inside about per week’s time and I used to be really thrown into it quickly. I did binge watch as much as I could and I discovered doing the later seasons was more helpful. I desired to get a way of who Sean was toward the tip of the show,” Amonsen recalled. “I actually desired to get a way of his character at that time into maturity and his relationship with Danny.”
Amonsen wanted to seek out ways to have a good time Terraciano’s performance.
“I desired to respect Andrew’s portrayal of Sean as much as I could — but in addition adding something to my very own version. The show runners Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis have been really good at giving me loads of freedom to explore that latest dynamic with Donnie,” he continued. Watching Andrew’s performance, I actually noticed loads of similarities just between us as people, and our energy. It’s quite upbeat. I even have so much more of an upbeat energy myself. In order that was a bit comforting. I definitely kept that inside myself and didn’t feel like I used to be obligated to alter that a part of me — which was nice — when it comes to making it my very own.”
Before filming season 1, Amonsen was glad he had content to reference.
“We’re really just exploring what would have been. After all, it’s my very own version of it but at the identical time we haven’t seen this relationship with Sean and his dad before. He’s coming into this whole latest position because from what I understand, the exploration of Sean being a cop wasn’t something that was on the table,” he revealed. “Now he’s a cop in his dad’s field and so they’re bumping into these issues each as father and son but in addition as coworkers.”
Amonsen continued: “Initially, we get a little bit of stepping on toes and Sean exploring his latest boundaries as a person and as a police officer. That dynamic changes and that was something that I got to bring into that role — that exploration of him as an adult as he’s navigating this latest job and this latest relationship together with his dad.”
The actor was thrilled to affix a by-product of a show with such a powerful franchise. There have been some growing pains though as viewers adjust to someone latest playing the role of Wahlberg’s onscreen son.
“There’s been some negativity, obviously. But once I look under those posts which have the negativity, there’s loads of fans rallying for Sean and folks saying that they really enjoyed this character that I’ve created — or my version of character,” Amonsen explained. “They’re really having fun with the show and so they love where it’s moving into terms of Sean and that makes me completely happy.”
Boston Blue airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET.