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The TV Addict brings us a closer look at 24′s new Head of CTU, Brian Hastings (played by Mykelti Williamson):

On what separates Brian Hastings from previous heads of CTU: “He’s an a**hole!” jokes the actor of his latest small screen alter-ego. “Well, at least for a while, but then he’ll surprise the audience by doing something redeeming so he can be an a**hole again later on.”

On whether or not he’s at all concerned about the somewhat short life expectancy of recent heads of CTU: “You know, it is what it is. Should Hastings be eliminated at some point before the season is over, then I know they [the writers] have done what’s best. These people in the midst of this process know exactly what they’re doing and to second guess them is foolish. I’m just happy to roll with the punches as long as it works for the show.”

On his new CTU co-workers played by Katee Sackhoff and Freddie Prinze Jr: “I admire them both and I love working with them. Katee is really full of surprises. When you read the script at home, come in and listen to her it’s completely different than what you thought you heard reading it off the page. While Freddie is a lot more creative then I assumed he would be. I thought he was good but he is really, really good.”

For the full article including what Hastings will be wearing during the season, check out TV Addict.

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Here’s promotional photos from FOX of the 24 Season 8 characters – Jack Bauer, Renee Walker, Chloe O’Brian, President Allison Taylor, Chief of Staff Rob Weiss, President Omar Hassan, and CTU workers Arlo Glass, Dana Walsh, Brian Hastings, and Cole Ortiz.

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Back in May, we found out that Sarah Michelle Gellar hubby Freddie Prinze Jr. would be a big part of the upcoming season 8 of Fox’s 24 (which premieres Jan. 17), but now we’ve got an EW exclusive first look at one of his early scenes with Keifer Sutherland’s Jack Bauer.

The former teen heartthrob plays Cole Ortiz, head of field operations for a reconstituted CTU in New York City, where the action takes place in the upcoming season. “We’ve attempted to call him a young Jack Bauer, but he really is his own character,” says 24 executive producer Howard Gordon.

Kiefer Sutherland & Freddie Prinze Jr 24 Season 8

Much of Prinze’s storyline concerns his character’s romantic relationship with Dana Walsh, an agent at CTU played Katee Sackhoff. (Sci-fi nerds, try to contain yourself!) “We’ve got a really interesting story to tell with these two,” adds Gordon. “What we learn in short order is that she may not be who she says she is, and it has to do with her past, which comes back to haunt her in the present. This wonderful Boy Scout is about to learn that the woman who he’s about to marry—she’s kind of the perfect girl—has secrets. In the tradition of 24, work and personal lives don’t mix.”

But now to the big question: Does he get along with top-dog Jack Bauer? “The dynamic is that, from the very first moment, Cole is enamored with Jack,” Gordon reveals. “But he has a few encounters with his hero that make him question that—sometimes you don’t want to meet your heroes. But the two wind up having a great deal of respect for each other.” But is that a revelation? Anybody who watches 24 knows you better have respect for Jack Bauer—or, well, you know.

Source: EW.com (hi-res scan of the article can be found here)

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ET Canada is on a roll – first they aired an interview with Kiefer Sutherland and then a day later, one with 24 season 8 cast member Freddie Prinze Jr. Don’t expect many juicy spoilers in the videos below, but Kiefer Sutherland says they’ve filmed a “couple days” in New York about a month ago and that “hopefully we’ll go back for a much longer period soon”. That’s certainly good news.

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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.

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Katee Sackhoff

The second part of Katee Sackhoff’s Battlestar Galactica question and answer session (with BSG cast-mate Tricia Helfer) was put online and it contains an interesting mention of a scene from 24 season 8:

It’s interesting, because in the character that I play now on 24, it’s like I envy what I had too [as Starbuck on Battlestar Galactica]. Because now, my character steals the gun and then Freddie Prinze Jr. gets to shoot it! I was like, “Why did you have me steal the gun if I wasn’t gonna shoot the f**king thing?” (laughs)

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Freddie Prinze Jr. (24‘s Cole Ortiz) guest hosted WWE Raw last night and in it he promoted the show by being involved in a 24 skit in which wrestler Santino Marella begs to be on the show and shows off his “acting skills” as Jack Bauer.

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Freddie Prinze Jr

It was announced tonight during Monday Night RAW live from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, that Freddie Prinze, Jr., would be the guest host of next week’s RAW, which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri.

Prinze is a long time World Wrestling Entertainment fan and has been shown on camera at many WWE events, including WrestleMania XXIV. He took his fandom to another level when he actually joined the WWE creative team in July 2008, where he was a writer for the SmackDown brand. He parted ways with WWE in an official capacity in February 2009.

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Photos from the shoot

Video from the shoot

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Here’s the complete sneak preview video show during the 24 panel at Comic-Con 2009 that was bootlegged by a fan in attendance. In this clip we get our first glimpse at the stunning new CTU set designed by Carlos Barbosa.

YouTube Link: 24 Season 8 Comic-Con sneak peek

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Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello has interviewed a few 24 stars at Comic-Con 2009 on video – Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian), Freddie Prinze Jr. (Cole Ortiz), and Anil Kapoor (Omar Hassan).

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In attendance were Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub along with new cast members Katee Sackhoff, Freddie Prinze Jr, and Anil Kapoor, writers Howard Gordon, David Fury, Evan Katz, Manny Coto, and Brannon Braga and composer Sean Callery.

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FOX have issued a press release detailing all of the new series regulars for the eighth season of 24. The season will premiere at 9-11PM (following the series premiere of Human Target) rather than the usual 8-10PM period.

KATEE SACKHOFF, FREDDIE PRINZE JR., MYKELTI WILLIAMSON, JOHN BOYD, CHRIS DIAMANTOPOULOS AND JENNIFER WESTFELDT JOIN THE CAST OF “24″ FOR SEASON EIGHT

Series Returns with Two-Hour Premiere Event Sunday, January 17, on FOX

Katee Sackhoff, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mykelti Williamson, John Boyd, Jennifer Westfeldt and Chris Diamantopoulos have joined the cast of 24 for the series’ eighth season. The Emmy Award-winning drama starring Kiefer Sutherland returns for its next astonishing day with a two-night, four-hour premiere beginning Sunday, Jan. 17 (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

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Freddie Prinze Jr.

Sources said Prinze is joining the cast of Fox’s “24″ as a regular, playing Davis Cole, a recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to follow in Jack Bauer’s (Kiefer Sutherland) footsteps.

On the real-time drama, whose upcoming eighth season started production Wednesday, Prinze joins fellow new cast additions Anil Kapoor, who plays a Middle East leader; Chris Diamantopoulos, as the president’s new chief of staff; and John Boyd as a CTU systems analyst. All of them are regulars, while Jennifer Westfeldt has come aboard as a recurring, playing a a journalist.

Also cast as a recurring on the 20th TV/Imagine series is Nazneen Contractor as Kapoor’s daughter.

Prinze, repped by ICM and Brillstein, recently co-starred on the ABC comedy pilot “No Heroics.”

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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