Donnie Wahlberg simply hinted at some potential Blue Bloods cameos on Boston Blue — so which of his former costars might reprise their roles within the CBS spinoff?
Wahlberg, 55, just lately weighed in on how Blue Bloods and Boston Blue would crossover, telling Fox Information Digital, “The viewers are saying, ‘How will we maintain going with a Blue Bloods spinoff with out the entire household?’ And I share that. How will we try this, proper?”
The actor famous that there have been conversations about navigating how one can introduce Boston Blue whereas nonetheless honoring the Blue Bloods legacy. He additionally teased {that a} member of the Reagan household is only a “cellphone name away.”
“Now, it’s simply Danny going to this new world, however I can’t say so much about it — however I might say, if he’s a Reagan, it’s going to by no means be simply Danny,” he added. “There’ll all the time be a Reagan a cellphone name away.”
Wahlberg continued: “And the traditions that the Reagans have, Danny wouldn’t abandon these traditions.”
Blue Bloods, which premiered in 2010, adopted the lives of the Reagan household, lots of whom work for the NYPD underneath the management of NYC police commissioner Frank Reagan (Tom Selleck). Frank’s father, Henry Reagan (Len Cariou), was additionally central to the present alongside Frank’s kids: daughter Erin Reagan (Bridget Moynahan) and sons Danny (Wahlberg) and Jamie Reagan (Will Estes).
The way forward for Blue Bloods made headlines in 2023 when the police procedural was renewed however the solid and producers agreed to take a 25 p.c pay lower. Selleck, 80, later addressed the official cancellation information and questioned the choice.
“I’m form of annoyed,” he informed TV Insider in October 2024. “Throughout these final eight reveals, I haven’t needed to speak about an ending for Blue Bloods however about it nonetheless being wildly profitable.”
Selleck argued that Blue Bloods ought to have remained on the air, saying, “I’m not going to show right into a bitter outdated man saying, ‘Get off my garden.’ I don’t imagine in holding grudges, however for those who had been to say to the tv community, ‘Right here’s a present you may program within the worst time slot you bought, and it will assure you profitable Friday evening for the subsequent 15 years,’ it will be virtually inconceivable to imagine.”
On the time, Selleck stated his frustration got here from the present all the time being “taken with no consideration as a result of it carried out from the get-go.”
“So, how do I really feel?” he continued. “It’s going to take a very long time to kind all of this out. I bear in mind after the weekend [of the final episode’s shoot], I stated, ‘I’ve obtained to get to mattress early tonight as a result of I’ve to do my dialogue for Monday.’ Nicely, there was no Monday. It’s simply going to take some time.”
Wahlberg, in the meantime, was outspoken about discovering a method for the present to proceed.
“4 years in the past we had been on this room and none of us knew if we’d ever see one another once more for lots worse causes. Perhaps one of many worst days of my life, and I’m positive in lots of your lives,” Donnie stated in reference to the COVID pandemic in a video shared by CBS in August 2024 from the final day of filming. “We didn’t know what was going to occur on this world, and by some means we obtained one other few years collectively and God prepared we’ll get some extra time collectively to do one thing magical once more. I might simply be honored to work with any of you once more and I pray that that may occur, a method or one other, I received’t quit attempting. Let’s have an ideal evening collectively, we f—ing earned it.”
CBS has since picked up Boston Blue, which picks up as Danny “takes on a place” with the Boston P.D. “As soon as in Boston, he’s paired with detective Lena Peters, the eldest daughter of a outstanding regulation enforcement household,” learn the official logline.
Wahlberg informed Fox Information Digital that it was a “problem” to say sure to Boston Blue, including, “I stored saying to myself, you understand, if I’m actually honest about wanting Blue Bloods to hold on, right here’s a chance to do it.”
