Jesse Lee Soffer is opening up about FBI: International!
The 40-year-old One Chicago star joins as the Fly Team’s new boss, Supervisory Special Agent Wes Mitchell, while Station 19‘s Jay Hayden is also joining the series in a recurring role.
Season 4 of the series premieres on CBS on Tuesday, October 15.
In an interview with TV Insider, Jesse explained what to expect about his addition to the team, as well as his friend Jay Hayden joining as Agent Tyler Booth.
“I got one of my best friends in the world, Jay Hayden, who was on Station 19 most recently, coming to do a big, fun arc playing a character from Wes’ past. He was an old partner, and they went through some stuff together. There’s a really nice relationship dynamic there and obviously Jay and I have a really fun dynamic that I hope comes through on camera,” he said, adding: “and I think will be a real treat for the fans of television because we’ve always been on TV on different shows and so I think it’ll be really cool to see us in the same universe.”
The character Jay plays acts as a “kind of a bad angel on [Wes’] shoulder,” he revealed.
“Wes already does things by the beat of his own drummer and that character pours gasoline on that fire and is a bad influence. And Smitty’s [Eva-Jane Willis] like the good angel going, ‘Hey, hold on a second. What are you two thinking?’ So that’s a really fun storyline for the fans.”
“Wes really does not do things by procedure, does not do things by the book, and operates by the beat of his own drum, which is a frustration and a thorn in Smitty’s side,” Jesse went on to tease of other dynamics on the show. “There’s some fun relationship dynamics to play out because of their uncertainty of, how much trouble is this guy going to get us in?”
The full cast for FBI: International Season 4 has been revealed, and some stars are leaving the series!
