Jason Antoon has been a part of NCIS: Hawai’i since its debut and he used to be simply as stunned via the addition of LL Cool J in season 3 as audience had been.
“You’ve got to adjust to him. I say this in essentially the most loving way, it’s like a wrench being thrown into the entire show for us,” Antoon, 52, solely informed Us Weekly whilst selling NCIS’ 1,000th franchise episode, which airs on Monday, April 15. “And I imply that in the easiest way conceivable.”
Antoon has played tech genius Ernie Malik since 2021. LL Cool J, meanwhile, starred on NCIS: Los Angeles as Sam Hanna from 2009 to 2023. He made a cameo as the special agent on NCIS: Hawai’i in season 2 in 2023 before becoming a recurring character all over 2024’s season 3.
“It kind of shakes issues as much as our type of, ‘everyone’s cool ohana,’” Antoon stated of the actor’s demeanor on set. “LL performs song between takes and he’s were given his little Bluetooth [speaker] and he is blasting track.”
Antoon described season 3 because the “season of LL Cool J,” noting that the musician, 56, is the “most professional man” and “is aware of the whole thing” about his lines proper out the gate.
“It’s like your cousin visiting for the summer season and he just shakes the whole lot up and your whole summer time [is] so different. And that’s what this season has been,” Antoon explained. “I imply but even so it being so weird with the [SAG-AFTRA and WGA] strikes and only doing part a season … that’s what it’s like. LL season 3.”
The Hawai’i celebrity famous that he doesn’t know what is going to happen with LL Cool J’s position in the future, adding that the collection has not been picked up yet for season 4.
“He’s no doubt been a fun addition needless to say. CBS loves him and we like him and he’s great,” Antoon said, telling Us that the writers have done a nice process of getting each the forged and the viewers invested in LL Cool J’s tale line.
(*3*)Antoon persevered: “[The writers] get to know you so they are able to infuse that into your personality and infuse that into the dynamic. And breaking apart the dynamic, I believe is actually cool and vital for all the characters, so it doesn’t really feel so protected and easy all the time.”
When it comes to his own character’s future, Antoon is hopeful that should the show get renewed, Ernie will in finding a new love.
“I say to my wife, it’s my simplest likelihood to kiss other girls, despite the fact that it’s faux,” Antoon teased. “This season it’s such a bizarre season for everyone as a result of after the strike there wasn’t room for such a lot to do to dabble in the nature stuff that we in most cases cherish to do.”
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He shared that season Four would most likely feature Ernie in a different dating segment. “There [is] certainly going to be some dating stuff. I believe they’re surely going to return into the women’ guy Ernie,” Antoon instructed Us. “Not in a tacky girl [man] — no longer a bad girls’ guy. Ernie’s nonetheless a little candy about it.”
If it was up to Antoon, Ernie would additionally get lend a hand from Lucy Tara (Yasmine Al-Bustami) when searching for the proper spouse. “She’s so into it and he or she loves to look Ernie revel in that stuff. So she should be the wingman,” he said of Ernie’s office BFF.
NCIS: Hawai’i airs on CBS Mondays at 10 p.m. ET.
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