Chicago Fire interview: EP on season 13, new Chief, Severide story
Wednesday night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time is going to bring us the arrival of Chicago Fire season 13 — so what stories will stand out? We have a new Chief on board in Dom Pascal (Dermot Mulroney), who will be bringing a new energy to the story — and also conflict. He’s not Boden, and he is not trying to be.
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Recently, showrunner Andrea Newman spoke to Matt & Jess TV about these big stories, plus some other teases as to what the new season will look like.
Matt & Jess TV – So where is the premiere going to be picking up following the end of season 12?
What we did was we wanted to keep the urgency and address the moment after the big Severide reveal. We have a bit of a direct pickup to where you can Severide and his reaction to [the news about Damon] with Kidd. Then, we do what the other One Chicago shows are, where we jump forward about six weeks.
The top story of the off-season here has to be the casting of Dermot Mulroney as new Chief. What can you say about his character, and then getting Dermot on board?
He’s a joy. We had one idea for the character that we talked about a lot, and when we got Dermot and he got involved, he brought so much of his own [input]. He’s so talented and has so much experience and personality, and he brought so much of that as well.
What we knew [from the start] is that this guy was going to shake things up, he was not going to be Boden, and going to come in not even trying to be Boden, saying that there are going to be some big changes. It’s like a huge bomb getting dropped into the firehouse.
