This Is Us followers are ready for Justin Hartley‘s costars to make visitor appearances on Tracker — so why aren’t there at present plans to convey them in?
Throughout an unique interview with Us Weekly, govt producer Elwood Reid defined that the CBS present is ready for the proper roles.
“[We discuss it] on a regular basis. If I’m going to go along with these type of large names, I bought to ensure I’ve a narrative,” he famous. “The present works as a result of we’re with Colter a lot and he’s simply such an attention-grabbing actor that he’s capable of carry that large narrative load.”
Reid confirmed ongoing discussions.
“We’ve positively talked about Sterling Okay. Brown, we’ve talked about Mandy Moore and we’ve got talked about Milo Ventimiglia,” he shared. “However till it’s actually, actually proper — and matching the home windows up in these folks’s calendars is unattainable.”
Reid concluded: “If I’ve the best story line, I’ll do it. However I’m at all times opposed to only do a cameo. We’ve to get emotional story out of it or a enjoyable story line.”
This Is Us, which ran from 2016 to 2022, centered on siblings Kevin (Hartley), Kate (Chrissy Metz) and Randall (Brown) along with their mother and father, Jack (Ventimiglia) and Rebecca Pearson (Moore). Earlier than This Is Us got here to an finish, Hartley was already making strikes — with the assistance of producer Ken Olin — along with his CBS sequence Tracker.
Hartley not solely stars on Tracker however is an govt producer. This has allowed him to reunite with a number of This Is Us costars, together with Jon Huertas and Jennifer Morrison.
“I’m at all times desirous about methods to get again along with these guys. It’d must be one thing actually particular,” Hartley advised Leisure Tonight again in February 2024. “Possibly we may discover out [my character’s] such tracker. Possibly he finds Jack? Like possibly he by no means died, one thing like that? A plot twist. May you think about? Like, he’s good.”
Hartley beforehand mirrored on the distinctive approach he stated goodbye to This Is Us.
“We knew for years and years and years that that present was ending when it was ending. Quite a lot of occasions you don’t get that chance. Issues simply occur and folks go, ‘You aren’t doing it anymore,’” he defined on the “I’ve By no means Mentioned This Earlier than” podcast in October 2024. “This was extra like, ‘You’ve gotten the chance to play this character for six years. It will be wonderful. What a trip this man goes to go on. Here’s what his journey goes to be.’ I assumed that venture was exceptional to be part of.”
He continued: “We’ve all talked about [bringing the show back in some way]. I don’t know if there are plans to reboot it — I haven’t been concerned but — which is an entire different dialog. However I nonetheless communicate with all of these guys. They’re all so nice, they are going to be lifelong pals of mine. I really like all of them.”
Tracker returns to CBS Sunday, March 1, at 9 p.m. ET.
