Blue blood It's coming to an end after 14 seasons, but the star… Abigail Hook He still remembers meeting the costar Tom Selleck For the first time.
Hawke, 42, revealed exclusively to Us Weekly While Selleck, 79, is an icon known for playing the lead role Magnum P Among other roles – she never calls him “Magnum” or “Boss” even though he plays her supervisor Blue blood.
“It was always Tom,” she said, noting that when they met at the beginning of the first season, which aired in 2010, she was Only 28 years oldShe didn't call it “much of anything” because she was “so terrified.”
Hawke plays Abigail Baker in the police drama, the longtime aide and confidant of Selleck Police Commissioner Frank Reagan. While their interactions are part of the series' charm, the actress was extremely nervous to work alongside Selleck.
“I would go to the PA and say, 'If I want to talk to him, am I allowed to approach him or should I not?' They would say, “I don't know, it's my first day too, ma'am. Why are you looking at me?” “And of course, he ended up coming up to me and saying, 'Hey, you know, we're doing this thing.' Let's find out some context. It made me feel good right away.”
Hook since then He became a close friend of Selleck And I learned some of his secrets. “He's very shy, which might not surprise people, but I think people assume he just dominates the space Just like Frank Reagan does“, I shared with her we.
She continued: “When in reality he just wants to do what he does with what.” Frank does with (his father)Henry (Only from Kariya), sits in an armchair and works on a crossword puzzle. For Tom, this means working on his farm, working with his dogs, and working on the script.
While Selleck's Frank Reagan is a tough, tough New York City commissioner, it's his familial side that most resembles the actor himself. Hook recalled that she got to know her colleague better while writing his memoirs. You never knowThat's when I learned of his deep love for his mother.
“He loved telling us about his struggles during that (process) and showing us the pictures that were in the book. We have to see those before anyone else,” Hook said, feeling choked up by their bond. “He would tell us the stories behind each of them and how he worshiped.” “His mother.”
She explained that Selleck's mother “shaped his entire life,” which many might not guess based on his public persona.
The Reagans will gather around the family dinner table for one last time as fans bid farewell to Blue Bloods after 14 seasons. The CBS drama premiered in 2010, documenting the lives of Police Commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck) and his law enforcement family. Along with the family patriarch, former Commissioner Henry Reagan (Len Carrillo) (…)
“I'm just thinking of someone who is the literal embodiment of the Marlboro Man (aka the Smoking Cowboy) and the Tough Guy (who was a lumberjack character), and (a) Sharp icon That many of us say, “That's a man.” He loved his mother, you know?” Hawk said we. “I feel like seeing those little snapshots of the man behind the legend, which is what I appreciate most about him.”
Hook's memories of Selleck stretch far and wide, but they come to an end Blue blood, Which ends on Friday, December 13thAnd it's something you'll never forget.
“We had something amazing, like, Final dinner for 1PP team “At Elio's, which is where Tom goes,” she said, looking back at the past few days as they cast. “He literally went there every day after work. They knew him. He had his little table in the corner.”
While having dinner with the show's 1 Police Plaza team – which also consists of Gregory JbaraGarrett Moore W Robert ClohessyMr Gormley – Hawke said it was “the coolest thing” to see Selleck's signed diary on the wall.
“I'm sitting on the other side of this, reliving history and saying, 'Wow, this is so cool,'” she continued, adding that over the years they created a father-daughter relationship, which extended to discussions about politics and popular topics.
Hawke noted that she and Selleck “will always have different views politically (and) personally on things,” but she appreciated his banter about current events.
“He always made a seat for me at the table, even though I was somewhere around here in terms of knowing anything. And I'm a very feeling person,” Tom shared. “So I'd say, 'Oh, how about this?' And he'd say, 'Okay, But what are the facts?’ And I said, ‘Well, you’re right.’ But it was always with a gentle hand.
“I can't say enough good things about him. He's a credible person. Really,” she gushed.
Blue blood The series finale airs on CBS on Friday, December 13 at 10pm ET. Stream every episode on Paramount+.
