Is Jesse Lee Soffer Returning to Chicago P.D.?
What do we know about the future of Jesse Lee Soffer in Chicago P.D.? Created by Dick Wolf insieme to Derek Haas, Michael Brandt and Matt Olmsteat for NBC, i #OneChicago air from 2012 to today thanks to the success of the first original TV series, Chicago Fire.
We are talking about one of the most watched television franchises of all time that began with the missions of a group of firefighters and rescuers from the Chicago department, and continued with two spin-offs such as the detective story Chigao P.D. and the medical Chicago Med.
And it is precisely with the original series that in 2013 Soffer begins his successful collaboration with Dick Wolf: the character of Jay Halstead is introduced in Chicago Fire soon becoming one of the protagonists of Chicago PD starting the following year.
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Soffer looks so in well 189 episodesfrom seasons 1 to 9, and in the first three installments of 10. What happened next?
Right in the course of tenth seasonrealizing that the work in Intelligence was wearing him down, having repeatedly broken the regulations to extricate himself from uncomfortable situations, Jay decides to leave the unit to join a special team in a fight against drug trafficking in Bolivia. But is there a chance to see him again in the next episodes?
To answer this question is the same Jesse Lee Soffer during an interview reported by Variety. Here the actor explains how he dealt with the production of the series his need to leave the show for personal reasons.
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“I really wanted to grow and expand” – the 38-year-old actor commented to the masthead – “If I had renewed the contract, it would have been for another three years. I would have turned 40 on the show. So I thought, ‘You know what? It’s time to take risks’”.
Jeffer then explained that despite his demands, he still found himself faced with one of the most difficult decisions of his life. “But let’s be honest” – has continued – “AI’m a fan of our show so much, and I love my fans, that I know I’m still grieving about it which, to some extent, I’m grieving as well.”
When asked about his complete closure with the TV series, and the possible return, Jesse replied: “Never say never. I’m so sorry for the fans who wonder: “Will he come back?”, “What will he do?”, “What happens between him and Hailey?”.
Jesse Lee Soffer finally added: “I like to think – and I hope the fans think so too – that right now (Jay) is in another country, doing what it does best and making the world a safer place. In a family, sometimes someone moves or goes to college somewhere else. I still love him. I still love the fans. And I still love Halstead. Halstead will always be inside me. This will never change“.