Paget Brewster Talks About Criminal Minds' Ever Changing Cast
07/25/2017 | By Mace Parker
Over the last 18 months, the Criminal Minds cast has changed a lot. First Shemar Moore left, then Thomas Gibson was fired, then Paget Brewster returned, then Adam Rodriguez and Damon Gupton joined and then Damon Gupton was fired last month and was replaced by Daniel Henney. TV Line caught up with Paget Brewster (Emily Prentiss) at Comic-Con to discuss the ever changing Criminal Minds cast.
When it comes to Criminal Minds‘ latest one–two punch of cast changes, this is by no means Paget Brewster‘s first rodeo. Rather, it’s almost become BAU (that is, business as usual) for the ever-evolving CBS crime drama. Speaking with Michael Ausiello at the San Diego Comic-Con — where she was promoting the digital release Batman and Harley Quinn (in which she voices Poison Ivy) — Brewster shared, “It’s always hard when someone is gone, whether by choice or not by their choice… but you roll with it.” Being the tight-knit cast they are, “you can’t not miss the people who are gone.” In fact, Brewster says that the idea of in some small way replacing a longtime cast member weighed on her almost a year ago, when her short-term return blossomed into a full-time gig. “The con was the situation in which it happened, which was Thomas Gibson no longer being with the show. That was unfortunate.” Given the seemingly annual cast shake-up, Criminal Minds is “a wacky place,” she acknowledges, “but I’m really happy to be back.” Elsewhere in the video Q&A above, Brewster teases the outcome of the season finale (including a strong/sad hint at who didn’t survive), updates us on Reid’s status with the BAU and reveals the one thing on her “wish list” for Season 13. See the full interview below Criminal Minds returns with it's 13th Season on Wednesday, September 27 at 10/9c on CBS.
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