Perdita Weeks: Things Were Once ‘Hiccup-y’ With ‘Magnum P.I.’ Cast

Perdita Weeks is trying again at her time on Magnum P.I. with nice fondness now that the sequence has wrapped after 5 seasons.

The crime drama, which premiered in 2018 and ended Wednesday, January 3, featured Jay Hernandez entering into the function of personal investigator Thomas Magnum, the character beforehand made well-known by Tom Selleck within the authentic ’80s sequence. Weeks starred as Juliette Higgins, a former MI6 agent who turns into Magnum’s accomplice earlier than issues flip romantic. The sequence additionally starred Zachary Knighton, Amy Hill, Betsey Phillips, Tim Kang and Stephen Hill.

Forming tight-knit bonds together with her costars is without doubt one of the major issues Weeks will bear in mind essentially the most — even when issues began out a bit rocky at first. “Hanging with my best friends was quite fun, although we didn’t start off as best friends, obviously,” she tells Us. “I was like, ‘Who are these people?’”

“It was a little hiccup-y at the beginning,” provides the British actress, who’s at present having fun with her time without work in London. “I was just very English, and they’re very American, and [there] was a big cultural divide at first.”

Eventually, “I warmed up a bit,” she shares. “I sort of took the stick out from my behind, and we got along famously.”

Five years later, Weeks considers her colleagues to be a few of her closest confidants. “I know these people incredibly well,” she continues. “Jay said, ‘You’ve spent more time with me than you have all of your other friends put together for the whole of your life.’ And I was like, ‘That’s true, because [filming takes] 15 hours a day for eight months of every year.’”

“We’re all super-duper close and there’s a lot of love,” she says. “I would be overjoyed to work with any of them again.”

Throughout the 5 seasons of Magnum P.I., Weeks’ character confirmed great development — one thing the actress takes nice pleasure in. “I loved the way Higgins softened over the years,” the Tudors alum explains, “just from being so close to Magnum and his sweetness rubbing off on her, melting the glacial external shield that she had.”

“The love story was obviously Higgins’ major arc,” Weeks provides. “That whole dynamic — going from disdain to charmed to just full-blown in love with this person — was really fun to play.”

As Us Weekly beforehand reported, Hernandez revealed he “didn’t love” how Magnum P.I. ended, taking to X to specific his disappointment after the finale aired January 3.

Though it’s unclear why the actor — who additionally teased the opportunity of a “standalone film” — was not happy with the present’s conclusion, issues had been left open-ended between Higgins and Magnum. (Higgins spiraled over her future with Magnum after she discovered an engagement ring she wrongly believed was meant for her then instructed him she would say sure if he requested her to marry her.)

For her half, Weeks was happy with the place the characters’ story ended — and hopes followers are happy too. “It’s one form of an ending, two people falling in love and living happily ever after,” she says. “I think it was the best kind of bow that could have been put on the show to end it. It was sort of the circle completing.”