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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!