CSI: Vegas – Ausiello Interview Reveals What Could Have Kept Grissom
I was heartbroken when I read this from Michael Ausiello at EW.com. He says that there may have been a way for CSI: Vegas to keep William Petersen in the show’s cast. Why didn’t they think of this back then? And, hey, why don’t they come up with something like this now!?!
See what I mean:
Question: Can you give me a CSI: Miami Scoop? — Bryan
Ausiello: Would you settle for something on the mothership? ‘Cause I was just combing through the transcript from my month-old exit interview with William Petersen and stumbled upon this tasty little morsel: Turns out, a dream scenario existed that might have kept Petersen on CSI. Unfortunately, it died two years ago with Liev Schreiber’s character. You see, had the show kept Keppler alive, Petersen (only half-jokingly) said he and Schreiber “could have swapped every four months. He does a play, I do CSI. I do a play, he does CSI. It would’ve been like a professional relationship between two scientists that go off on field trips and sabbaticals and then come back. But I don’t know that the network would have wanted that.” All of this begs the question: What the hell else is in that transcript?!
Kind of sounds like what they did with L&O: Criminal Intent. Vince D’Ofiro and partner one epi then Chris Noth and partner the next and on occassion the two group work together. I could live with that but only if Jorja/Sara came back and was working with William/Grissom.