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Video: Tony Denison Talks ‘Major Crimes’ on KTLA Morning Show
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Tony Denison Previews the New Season of Major Crimes
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In a new interview, Tony Denison previews the winter season of Major Crimes, talks about the longevity of the series, and what might be ahead for his character.
I feel like that’s how it’s been with the show – when it was THE CLOSER, and now that it’s MAJOR CRIMES and slightly different, I’ve never heard someone say “I watched it and didn’t like it” – it was always “I haven’t watched yet.”
Yes, I think what’s happening, according to James Duff, somehow, we’ve set some kind of new record for television. We were once called something else, THE CLOSER, and then we lost four of the leading characters, four left, we changed the name of the show. All the same characters stayed, and not only did we survive, but we went up demographically! So that alone is supposed to be history making, and the other thing is, god-willing, we are able to make it to another 100 episodes, that would be the first time that a show got 100 episodes, and then another 100 episodes under a different name.
I think you’re well on your way, having gotten picked up for a season 3 already, and knowing that there is more to come! That has to be exciting to play this character that we’ve loved for so long.
A lot of times, you’ve been lucky on a show for 10 years, and I may have the opportunity to play this character for 14 years or 15 years, which would be great and that to mean would be record breaking, as well.
Talking about the show – I love the Rusty storyline, and how we don’t know who is sending the letters. It’s obviously nothing something we can talk about without spoiling, but were you surprised how it turned out, reading scripts?
Yeah, I mean, I had the feeling it was going in that direction. Since the very beginning, when I would get the scripts, there were times I would read the script and say, well who the heck is going to be the murderer? [laughs] And then you get tt the end and you go “oh man! I never would have guessed that person” and then it makes sense, and it’s like, okay, awesome. That’s the way it’s always been to me on the show. Not only am I on the show, I’m a fan. Now, especially more than ever, I enjoy watching the show, the Captain Raydor and Rusty, and the guys on the show, because we all have a lot more to do than previously. All of us doing everything together, with the exception of GW and I who are very fortunate to have worked together and being called Pro-Flynn-za, so not only have we been fortunate to have that happen, but I was fortunate to be a part of that duo. GW has become a dear friend, and we were when we were doing THE CLOSER, but now even more. I love working with him, and I love working with everybody. But I love all the stuff that they allow us to do on the show, and the predicaments that we get into [laughs].
You mention with the show that it’s always a surprise who is the murderer – I think that’s a testament to how guest stars are handled. Other shows, the big name is the big killer, and that’s rarely the case with MAJOR CRIMES.
I can’t say what’s going to happen in terms of the plot points, but it definitely not disappoint in terms of what’s been going on in terms of storyline. I’m just as a surprised sometimes as who winds up being. There’s like one red herring, or first suspect, and sometimes it’s two red herrings. Even as a reader of the episode, you think I would get used to Duff’s, James Duff’s trickery, and I don’t! He’s that clever. You read and you think it’s gotta be so and so, but oh man, it’s surprising, and oh that makes sense now! It makes it fun to do it. There’s a reason why law enforcement agencies around the country like our show.
I was looking online and seeing what people are asking you on Twitter, and so much of it these days is “Are Sharon and Andy going to be a thing?” Is that something we’ll continue to see explored?
Let me put it this way: people that are enthusiastic in that direction will have an interesting ride! There will be certain breadcrumbs along the way!
Major Crimes Season 2: What to Expect
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TVFanatic talked to much of the cast of Major Crimes and found out what we can expect from their characters and storylines in season 2.
Tony Denison: Has Detective Andy Flynn changed much between The Closer and Major Crimes? “Flynn has more to do in terms of police procedural stuff that wasn’t there in The Closer,” Denison said of his well-dressed character. “You find out why he’s an alcoholic and he’s probably a tough guy to live with, which is great to play.”
Kearran Giovanni: We know Detective Amy Sykes had experience in the military, but will we find out more this season? “You’ll get to see a little bit more of her personality,” the actress told me. And while she’s waiting for more backstory on her character, “I make up my own little things about Amy.”
Graham Parker Martin: While Rusty brings out the maternal side of Raydor, who has taken the troubled teen in and given him a home, he’ll need as much support as possible since he’s involved in a case that brings up questions about his sexuality. Martin said he doesn’t know exactly where the story is going, but told me that it “adds to the complexity of his life and what he has to go through now because he’s trying to be normal and at the same time he was forced to go into this brutal lifestyle.”
And while Rusty may butt heads with DDD Rios, we’ll see bonds form with many of the other members of the Major Crimes division including Raydor’s ex. “He’s a guy who comes in and immediately starts bonding with me,” Martin said, “and it’s kind of an interesting situation for Sharon because she knows that he’s not supposed to be around for long yet he’s giving [Rusty] this kind of hope that ‘Oh, cool male influence.’”
Philip Keene: With Rusty going through a lot, Francis “Buzz” Watson becomes an important figure for him. “He does share a lot of things with me,” Keene said, who added what the teen character brings to the show. “It gives us more to play on than just the cases. It’s a more personal and familial atmosphere,” the actor said.
Read more from the rest of the cast here
Audio: K104.7 Sits Down with the Stars of ‘Major Crimes’
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Radio station K104.7 talked to G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison and Mary McDonnell this past weekend at TNT’s Armchair Detective Event in Los Angeles, and recorded this fantastic interview.
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Tony Denison Talks Major Crimes on the KTLA Morning Show
Major Crimes and Drama- Q & A with GW Bailey, Mary McDonnell and Tony Denison
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This past weekend our friends at RizzlesUnlimited attended TNT’s Armchair Detective Weekend, and took the opportunity to talk to GW Bailey, Tony Denison and Mary McDonnell about what we can expect in season 2- and found out that they don’t always agree on what might happen next on Major Crimes.
Q: How will the Captain’s need for control of her environment and the people around her degrade or change as she continues to work with the detectives and the outside influences of her personal life start to come in more and more? What should we expect to see as far as her need for control?
Mary McDonnell: I’m not sure exactly which direction it will go in, but I would say that the balance between growing by letting go and holding on too strong, that sort of tightrope is part of what’s at the core of her. But what’s been already obvious to me in the season we’re playing now is that [the detectives’] influence on her has already been positive in that, to be really working directly with the detectives on a crime rather than working with other detectives on detecting whether or not they did well on a crime, is really gratifying for her. It’s opening her up emotionally in a different way than being in Internal Affairs allowed her to. … If you’re friends with [the detectives], you’re not doing your job. So, so far, it feels to me like it’s having a positive effect, but there will be some trouble, I’m sure.
G.W. Bailey: In paradise.
Mary McDonnell: Because it’s a drama.
G.W. Bailey: And it’s TNT.
Everyone: And we know drama! (laughter)
Q: Will the fact the entire department is more-or-less raising Rusty eventually cause strife, or will it continue to be a unifying factor for them?
Tony Denison: I don’t know. Right now, it’s starting…
Mary McDonnell: Both.
Tony Denison: Yeah, both. It’s kind of both right now. You know, who knows which way James is going to go with this? But I’m sure, just as it’s going really great now, no matter what direction it takes or if it decides to split the baby the whole way down, it’ll be great either way, and the kid, Graham who plays Rusty, is wonderful. He’s wonderful, a nice kid, and really good actor to work with.
Q: We’ve noticed that your character, Tony, has started to become the Captain’s number 2 as the series has progressed. He’s sort of the go-to guy for that as opposed to Provenza, who has seniority on that. Why is that? Why are you the go-to guy as opposed to your partner?
Tony Denison: Because he’s super grumpy. (chuckles)
Q: Besides that! Is this something we’re going to see it expanded more where your character winds up being more and more at the number 2 spot while G.W.’s character evens it out?
Tony Denison: That won’t ever happen. The balance of the show is… I mean, it may happen in a way where it becomes annoying to him [G.W. Bailey] so that there’s more friction…
G.W. Bailey: It’s interesting what perceptions [are out there] because we [he and Tony Denison] won’t talk about this, but he and I have very strong opinions about…
Tony Denison: Yes.
G.W. Bailey: About this very issue and who is emerging as what we call the…
Tony Denison: The go-to.
G.W. Bailey: Corey Reynolds…
Tony Denison: David Gabriel.
G.W. Bailey: Gabriel. Gabriel had nothing to do with seniority. He was the youngest of all of us and wasn’t even made a detective. He made detective grade on the show. [He] was [Raydor’s] kind-of partner. He was her right hand, so it really has nothing to do with seniority at all. But there’s somebody on the show that we think is taking that position, but it’s neither one of us [Flynn or Provenza].
Mary McDonnell: And you know what? I just want to say that, from my point of view, both as the actress and Raydor, that’s not now I’m experiencing it at all, that there’s any one person. There’s been an interdependence to each one of them at different points that I felt very strongly. I don’t have that consciousness. Do you know what I mean? I’m not quite seeing what you’re [G.W. and Tony] seeing, perhaps, but maybe I don’t want to? (Laughs)
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Doing Time in Major Crimes: Q & A with Tony Denison
By M. Sharpe
Photo credit: MajorCrimesTV.net
From his role as Ray Luca on Crime Story to Lt. Andy Flynn on Major Crimes, Tony Denison’s career has come full circle. In fact, as David Burke, executive producer of the 1986 drama points out. “He was being pursued years ago by the Major Crimes unit in Crime Story… and now you are in the Major Crimes unit in Major Crimes, right?”
Denison hadn’t made that connection before – “Holy Toledo, you’re right!” – but Burke just laughs: “Course I’m right, I had to write that show! Lt. Torello (Dennis Farina) was in charge of Major Crimes (on Crime Story), and all he wanted to do was to catch Ray Luca. So you were being chased by Major Crimes, and now you are Major Crimes.” Continue reading