You may have been watching the newly released 24 trailer and wondering which actor plays this frequently seen sniper:
That would be none other than Cliff Simon, best known for portraying Ba’al in Stargate SG-1. The official Cliff Simon fansite has his character listed as “Russian Sniper” with an appearance in the first episode of the season.
Carlos Bernard was recently in London to promote the UK release of 24 Season 7 on DVD and Blu-Ray which came out on October 19, 2009. In just a few days he appeared on numerous outlets and did a number of interviews and public appearances (including a DVD signing at HMV London).
Actress Christina Cox (who recently starred in ABC’s Defying Gravity and Showtime’s Dexter) has updated her official website with news of her joining the 24 cast.
24! Season 8…
OCTOBER 15TH, 2009
Christina is currently filming “5 am – 6am” on Fox’s Emmy Award winning 24. She’s playing Secret Service Agent ‘Molly O’Connor’.
Actor John T. Woods has updated his official web page with the text “Co-starring on ’24′ on FOX. Filming in Oct.”
According to his IMDB listing, Woods will be playing a character named “Bellow” in (at least) the 12th episode, which is 3AM to 4AM in the storyline. It’s not clear as to whether this will be a recurring character or if it’s just a single episode gig.
Today we have more behind the scenes photos from the 24 Season 8 promo that was filmed in Chinatown, New York City last week (October 2nd 2009). In them we see Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) on the rooftop of an apartment complex, in an alley way with his gun drawn, and standing on top of a taxi cab. Click the thumbnails to view the full-sized pictures.
Dreamworks has named former 24 director and executive producer Jon Cassar as the director of upcoming feature film “Motorcade”. The studio is hoping to nab Ryan Reynolds for the starring role.
The studio hopes to get the picture into production by late summer or early fall 2010, and DreamWorks is eyeing Ryan Reynolds to play the disgraced Secret Service agent who happens to be in the wrong place at the right time when the U.S. president is kidnapped in New York.
Battlestar Galactica fans were excited when not one but two former BSG cast members were hired for the eighth season of 24 – Katee Sackhoff as CTU analyst Dana Walsh and Callum Keith Rennie as russian mobster Vladimir Laitanan. Viewers of Battlestar Galactica know they had quite the history together and many were hoping they’d have an on-screen reunion of sorts.
Despite word of 24 filming a season 8 promo in New York next week, it turns out they actually filmed there today! The scene involved Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) running down a street with gun drawn screaming “Don’t move!” and then jumping and sliding across the hood of a yellow New York City taxi cab.
24 filmed scenes at 650 South Spring St, Los Angeles CA on September 28th-30th. Residents there reported that a SWAT team and a black SUV pulled up to a building with Jack Bauer getting out of the vehicle and entering a building firing off shots. Freddie Prinze Jr (Head of CTU Field Ops Cole Ortiz) and Matthew Yang King (CTU Swat) were also there.
Stunt double Sera Trimble posted a picture on her blog with Nazneen Contractor who plays 24‘s Kayla Hassan. Kayla is the daughter of President Omar Hassan (played by Anil Kapoor) who is the target of an assassination attempt.