Where does Cyber Intelligence Specialist Ernie Malik probably go after setting foot on (a simulated) Mars?
TVLine spoke with NCIS: Hawai’i forged member Jason Antoon about (area)suiting up, his huge audition “don’t,” giving #Kacy followers what they want and the ultimate three episodes of Season 2 (which kick off this Monday at 10/9c).
TVLINE | For starters, I think about you should have an anecdote about final week’s “Mars” episode and carrying that spacesuit.
Dude. First of all, that go well with…? I made a behind-the-scenes video of me placing on the go well with, as a result of I’m a stocky man, as my spouse would put it, and people fits are extraordinarily tough to get on. I barely obtained on the highest!
The guys that constructed it — these fits have been on different reveals — advised me that one of many actors, I don’t keep in mind if it was from For All Mankind or a Ron Howard film, filmed for like 4 weeks earlier than they did the astronaut stuff after which he couldn’t get the go well with on over his physique, the one which I wore, in order that they needed to hearth him and reshoot all the pieces he’d achieved. Imagine filming 4 weeks for a significant position after which you’ll be able to’t match into the [space]go well with. So, that’s my anecdote. I nearly didn’t get into the go well with. If you go to my Twitter and my Instagram, you’ll be able to see how I’ve to contort my whole physique to place the entire thing on — simply to put on it for, like, two seconds!
TVLINE | Rewinding now two-plus years, if you first obtained forged… Did you’ve gotten any issues about being The Guy within the Chair on a procedural?
Not in any respect. This is a dream job. Twenty-two episodes, who does that anymore? Also, I’ve been a working actor on all completely different sorts of issues, I’ve ups and downs in my profession, and it was simply one other audition for me, which I did after I did Claws (enjoying Dr. Ken Brickman) in New Orleans. I put myself on tape and I did one thing that you simply’re not alleged to do, in that I put myself in a swivel chair like Ernie and I moved round to completely different iPhones I had arrange recording, after which edited it collectively. But it labored out! Sometimes it’s a must to simply not give a s–t, have enjoyable and be your self.
TVLINE | Cards on the desk, this was my journey with Ernie: At first I used to be like, “Oh man, right here’s one other super-quirky Guy in The Chair. He’ll spout technobabble and can at all times be advised by colleagues, ‘In English, please?’” But I realized about a half season in that Ernie is the gooey center, the heart, of this show.
They kind of discovered that as they went, so they start to write for you and change up that procedural aspect. I think the big difference with our show is that when it comes to character stuff and the procedural-ness, it’s like a 50-50 combine. I feel that with the opposite NCIS-es, you’re not getting as a lot character — and I’m not saying that that’s any worse or any higher. But as they uncover us as folks, they write for us, so it was good to see that their discovery wasn’t solely that I can memorize lengthy technobabble and say it actually quick. Which I did! [Laughs]
TVLINE | Do you admire that you’ve got maybe probably the most snug wardrobe on primetime TV?
It’s shorts, a shirt, generally they put me in pants, and flip-flops. The different actors hate me as a result of I’m actually the primary one on set and since I can go away and get in my automotive, like, 45 seconds after we wrap.
TVLINE | I really feel like should I ask this of each Guy within the Chair: What’s Jason’s personal proficiency with tech?
I imply, I’m fairly good.
TVLINE | You can change the wallpaper in your iPhone?
Oh yeah. And I’ll let you know a narrative: I’ve cameras round my home, and when someone broke into our automotive, I did this complete factor the place I reran all the footage and noticed the man. I then clipped the footage off, referred to as the police, a cop got here, and I transferred all of the stuff…. I did this complete Ernie factor, in actual life.
TVLINE | One factor I sense by your socials and Tori [Anderson]’s and others — and I’ve lined Hawaii Five-0, Lost and Magnum P.I. — is that on Hawaii reveals, the forged actually turns into an ohana amongst themselves.
Oh, completely. We actually do. It’s very nice that Vanessa [Lachey], who’s No. 1 [on the call sheet], is the funnest and kindest individual, as a result of if you get an excellent No. 1 that doesn’t act like they’re No. 1, it makes the set and all people’s day far more satisfying, to some extent the place it doesn’t really feel like work. And that’s due to Vanessa and likewise the crew, which is usually locals, guys who labored on Lost and Five-0 and did some Magnum. They admire laborious work however additionally they don’t need any assholes, and our showrunners had a “No assholes” coverage.
It’s a small island, we hang around with one another once we can, and a number of us have youngsters, so it actually is a good expertise that I by no means wish to finish. That’s why I say it’s a dream job, as a result of in addition to being 22 episodes, all people’s simply so cool and there aren’t any egos. It’s the best.
TVLINE | Do you all have enjoyable with “Yaz and Tors” (Yasmine al-Bustami and Tori Anderson) and the recognition of the #Kacy ‘ship?
Please. It’s hilarious. I began posting footage of them with me, and simply them…
TVLINE | You appear to be the #Kacy followers’ go-to man for content material each time they’re clamoring for crumbs.
Plenty of the occasions, I’m with Tor, or I’m with Yaz, after I can’t get each of them, and I be sure they they don’t get irritated that I’m posting pictures of them. Now they’re like, “Oh, that’s a terrible photo, let me do it again!”
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TVLINE | One factor I realized through the years is it’s a must to permit actresses photograph approval.
Absolutely. But they’re nice, they’re hilarious. And I like that that’s blown up, as a result of it’s a extremely huge deal not only for the present however for illustration.
TVLINE | We have three episodes left this season. Any developments for Ernie?
What’s attention-grabbing is that Jane goes a little bit rogue, and Ernie catches on and will get on the within monitor with that to assist her out — which might jeopardize his profession. But he loves her and this ohana that he has, so he’ll do something to assist her out.
TVLINE | Ahead of this interview, I watched the primary half of the season finale (airing May 15 and 22) and yeah, huge, big stuff occurs.
Yeah, huge, big stuff. It’s thrilling, and it’s good for Vanessa’s character, to offer her extra intrigue to play.
TVLINE | How would you describe Henry Ian Cusick’s character once we first meet him?
I like that man. All I did was ask him about Lost. Like, “Hey man, I went to this big Lost party and everybody was disappointed with the finale.” And he was like, “What do you mean? It was this and it was that…” And I used to be like, “Oh, you’re right.” He’s such a sensible man, and so charming.
TVLINE | But Supervisor Agent John Swift rubs the group the improper manner?
He actually rubs us the improper manner, and we don’t normally have that in our circle, so its fairly cool to see him be nice at that. And but he’s additionally so likable on the similar time.
TVLINE | As the two-part finale involves a detailed, will the present go away us with any cliffhangers you can tease?
Oh, my God…. [Choosing words carefully] I can tease that “someone might be joining us.”
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