Whereas Chris O’Donnell was excited to hitch ABC’s 9-1-1: Nashville, Rob Lowe was unhappy to say goodbye to his function as Captain Owen Strand on Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star.
“I bought a bit of little bit of suggestions from [Lowe] so far as what to anticipate earlier than I began,” O’Donnell informed TVLine in an interview revealed on Tuesday, October 7. “He liked it. He’s like, ‘I might have finished that present without end.’ He was actually having fun with it and didn’t need it to finish, frankly. He simply took actual pleasure in it. He’s like, ‘We’d present as much as these units and these loopy emergencies, and we had been the fellows that bought to avoid wasting the day.’”
O’Donnell added, “[Rob’s] like, ‘It was simply wonderful. That’s not one thing I do in my actual life.’”
Owen starred on all 5 seasons of 9-1-1: Lone Star, which aired on Fox from 2020 to 2025. The collection adopted Owen and his son, TK Strand (Ronen Rubinstein), as they moved from New York Metropolis to Austin, Texas, to revamp the 126 fireplace station after a tragedy. The collection additionally starred Gina Torres, Jim Parrack, Sierra McClain, Rafael L. Silva, Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Julian Works, and Brianna Baker.
9-1-1: Lone Star marked the primary spinoff within the 9-1-1 TV franchise. 9-1-1 aired its first six seasons on Fox earlier than shifting to ABC for Season 7 in 2024.
O’Donnell follows within the footsteps of Lowe and Peter Krause (a.ok.a. 9-1-1‘s Bobby Nash) as Don Hart, the captain of 9-1-1: Nashville‘s 113 crew. Though the actor has not met Krause (whose character died on the job in Season 8), O’Donnell praised the 9-1-1 forged members he has met “doing a little publicity issues” for being “tremendous good and welcoming.”
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Like its predecessors, 9-1-1: Nashville will characteristic loads of over-the-top emergencies. “We’ve bought firenados, we’ve bought lightning, we’ve bought all types of stuff,” O’Donnell informed the outlet. “There have been a few instances the place I’ve learn a script and been like, ‘They’ll’t be critical right here.’”
The story additionally facilities round Don’s household drama. Whereas the captain shares a son, Ryan (Michael Provost), along with his spouse, Blythe (Jessica Capshaw), the present trailer reveals he’s additionally the daddy of Dixie’s (LeAnn Rimes) stripper-turned-firefighter son, Blue (Hunter McVey).
“It’s actually intelligent and humorous,” O’Donnell stated of Blue’s introduction (Blue will hop into motion on the job as a stripper after witnessing an emergency). The reveal of Don as Blue’s father is one thing O’Donnell stated Ryan can have problem with, telling the outlet that his onscreen son’s “anger and shock is lots to recover from.”
O’Donnell additionally weighed in on the potential for a 9-1-1: Nashville and 9-1-1 crossover, as the unique collection beforehand had a crossover occasion with 9-1-1: Lone Star.
“I might count on that they’d need to do this in some unspecified time in the future,” the NCIS: Los Angeles alum shared. “I type of laughed considering, properly, I’m sport for it. You simply clarify to me how the fireplace station in Nashville in California overlap collectively. However I’m certain if that’s what they need to do, they are going to give you a storyline that works.”
Lowe, for his half, beforehand stated he’d be right down to return as Owen on 9-1-1: Nashville.
“Properly, I’ll should ask Chad Lowe, my brother,” Lowe informed Decider in June. “Chad Lowe is the chief producer, director of 9-1-1 Nashville. And so I’m simply ready for my telephone to ring. I imply, , I employed him on Lone Star. I feel turnabout is truthful play.” (Chad beforehand directed episodes of 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star, in addition to performed Rob’s half-brother on the latter collection.)
9-1-1: Nashville, Collection Premiere, Thursday, October 16, 9/8c, ABC
