Shooting in CTU and shooting in the field must have really distinctly different vibes.  Which did you prefer?

You know, there were days, like I said, in the middle of winter, where it’s freezing out there and you’re like, “God I want to be back in CTU.”  But then there are day jobs and being out in the field is just a lot more fun.  It’s a little bit of both.  What it is more about, especially when I first started, we had a great group: myself, Louis Lombardi, Lana Parrilla, Alberta Watson, had all started at the same time.  And we just had great chemistry.  It was just one of those situations where we all came there together.  You know this show had been going for three years but we were the new kids on the block and we really enjoyed each other's company and we hung out a lot.  It was a nice transition because it wasn’t like I was the only one coming into an already established show; it was a group of us that came in together and hey, coincidentally that’s the year that the ratings really took off!


Do you have any favorite moments of any episodes you shot for 24?

I still love the fight sequences up in the office building when I make my escape.  I still love that scene; that was a lot of fun for me.


Coming into this season, Season 6, did you have any sort of idea that you were going to be killed off?

(laughs)  You know at the end of last year, I asked them what the plans were for the character.  Because there were times where you know my character wasn’t doing a whole lot and it was kind of like well, do we have greater plans for him and what’s going to happen? And we discussed it, my management discussed it with them to see what they were talking about, was going to happen, just sort of where to take the character and things like that.  We kind of together said, well if you’re going to let him go out, what kind of death scene would it be?  So I had a pretty good inkling that they were going to use it for a dramatic moment.


When did you find out for sure?

Before the season started they talked to me and said that we’re going to be definitely through the first four and that’s what they’d like to do and that they’re going to shoot him.  He’s not going to definitely be dead but they want to shoot him.  So I was like oh, okay, and that was it.


Were you happy with the way Curtis went out?  It was a pretty dramatic scene.

It was very dramatic and I enjoyed the day shooting it.  It was very nice and working with that group that we have there it just made it.  It was hard because I’d worked with these guys for over two years and we all hang out.  We’re all friends and so to be filming like the final scene was kind of a strange feeling.  But it was also very well written.  I enjoyed it.  Yes, I’ve heard all the controversy that Curtis wouldn’t have done that but I’m like, “Yeah, but you know what, he did.”  And it was a good run and it was a lot of fun.


When I watched that episode with a group of friends there were physical reactions to Curtis getting shot, it was just brutal.  Everyone was like, “No! No!”  What do you think it was about the character that made you get that sort of reaction out of fans?

I think you’d answer that better than I would. You know what I mean? I think you, the person watching it who has invested time in it, would probably answer it better than me.  The thing about any character I would do, he’d have to have his strengths but he’d also have to have his vulnerabilities.   And basically be real because everyone, you have your strengths, you have your weaknesses, you have your moments where you’re not going to be stellar but you also have your moments where you’re going to be strong.  And he was able to do that, I believe, and so I think maybe the audience appreciated that and yes, he could kick some ass but he also had a softer side and he was also very loyal I think, so those are the traits I think people liked about him.


Can you talk a little bit about what you have coming up?

Man, I wish I could tell you that. There’s been some crazy things happening with some deals that we thought were signed and didn’t happen but there are some very promising things.  I mean, now that I’m, I guess, stepping up to another level, the competition of course gets stiffer and now I’m up against some of the bigger names in the business for some of the same roles, which is what you work for.  So right now we are waiting for a lead in a movie, that I can’t tell you right now, but hopefully within the next week I’ll be able to tell you exactly what I’ll be doing.