After enjoying Donnie Wahlberg‘s son Sean Reagan on Blue Bloods, Andrew Terraciano was recast within the Boston Blue spinoff — however the place is the actor now?
Terraciano, 22, obtained his begin on CBS’ Blue Bloods, showing in practically 300 episodes from 2010 to 2024. He additionally carried out in a number of quick movies — and wrote one himself — whereas attending New York College.
Andrew’s function as Sean allowed him to share the display screen with brother Tony Terraciano, who performed Donnie’s eldest son, Jack Reagan. Regardless of turning into a beloved presence on the Reagan dinner desk, the Blue Bloods spinoff, Boston Blue, premiered in October with Mika Amonsen now starring as Sean.
“We love Andrew and the work he did over time on Blue Bloods. Actually, it got here all the way down to we’re telling a brand new chapter in each of their lives,” creator Brandon Margolis informed Selection in October concerning the choice. “It’s not simply Sean who has joined the household enterprise because it had been and is popping over this new leaf, however it’s additionally now Danny Reagan is the daddy [of] a cop, which he’s by no means been earlier than.”
Margolis referred to as the swap “an natural alternative to usher in a brand new efficiency with a brand new vitality, to assist dramatize that change.” The writers’ room was wanting ahead to “new storytelling lanes to discover” with the spinoff sequence.
“It’s the identical character, it’s the identical relationship, however it’s additionally utterly totally different,” he continued. “We love what Mika has delivered to Sean, this vulnerability, but this want to show himself. It’s simply been nice to look at it come to life.”
Andrew, who has but to interrupt his silence concerning the recasting, has saved “Sean Reagan on CBS’s Blue Bloods” in his Instagram bio. He took a social media break earlier than returning in November to share pictures of him and his mates.
Whereas Andrew hasn’t shared many updates on social media, Amonsen confirmed help for his predecessor.
“I undoubtedly felt a ton of stress at first. I felt the stress to respect an actor earlier than me as a result of I wished to respect Andrew the very best I might,” Amonsen recalled. “There have been even sure visible decisions that I made that I wished to maintain when it comes to hair styling and sure methods of being [as Sean].”
Amonsen wished to pay tribute to Terraciano’s tackle the character.
“I actually wish to preserve Sean as shut as I can within the ways in which I do it out of respect for this character that everybody loves — but additionally the character Andrew constructed,” he continued. “Once I booked the present, all of it occurred actually shortly. It was inside a couple of week’s time and I used to be actually thrown into it shortly. I did binge watch as a lot as I might and I discovered doing the later seasons was extra useful. I wished to get a way of who Sean was towards the top of the present. I actually wished to get a way of his character at that time into maturity and his relationship with Danny.”
After rewatching key episodes of Boston Blue, Amonsen discovered methods to have a good time Terraciano’s efficiency.
“I wished to respect Andrew’s portrayal of Sean as a lot as I might — but additionally including one thing to my very own model. The showrunners Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis have been actually good at giving me a whole lot of freedom to discover that new dynamic with Donnie,” he shared. “Watching Andrew’s efficiency, I really observed a whole lot of similarities simply between us as folks, and our vitality. It’s fairly upbeat. I’ve much more of an upbeat vitality myself. In order that was a bit comforting. I undoubtedly saved that inside myself and didn’t really feel like I used to be obligated to alter that a part of me — which was good — when it comes to making it my very own.”
Amonsen concluded: “We’re actually simply exploring what would have been. After all, it’s my very own model of it however on the identical time we haven’t seen this relationship with Sean and his dad earlier than. He’s coming into this entire new place as a result of from what I perceive, the exploration of Sean being a cop wasn’t one thing that was on the desk.”
Boston Blue airs on CBS Fridays at 10 p.m. ET.
