Joe Mantegna
In a recent interview with the NY Daily News, Joe Mantegna spoke of his arrival on the set of Criminal Minds.
All I can do is just be who I am and just be myself. It needn’t complicate the rest of the cast’s lives any more than it has to because, obviously, there must have been some complications that needed an adjustment. I just felt that I’m there to do my best and fit in.
And of his character vs. Jason Gideon:
I use a sports analogue. Like if a baseball team traded a batter and brought in a new guy, it’s a totally different guy, but he’s still doing the same job batting at a certain number in the lineup. Hopefully, the audience will find that interesting and exciting, and we hope the show will continue to be the success that it is.
And Mantegna feels right at home on his new set. About 50% of the CM crew came from his previous CBS show, Joan of Arcadia.
It’s kind of ironic for me because the day ‘Joan of Arcadia’ finally got word that we weren’t being picked up, I went up to the office to clear out my trailer and I remember they were packing up all these boxes and they all had ‘Criminal Minds’ written on the side. Our two producers at the time both went to ‘Criminal Minds,’ they were the original show-runners there, and they took a big portion of the crew with them, so when I came to the first day [on 'Minds'], it was unbelievable.
Joe Mantegna’s begins his role as David Rossi October 31 at nine on CBS.
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