Jason Antoon, Vanessa Lachey. Robert Voets/CBS
Jason Antoon had a “loopy” reference to all his NCIS: Hawai’i castmates from the beginning, however his bond with Vanessa Lachey goes deeper than the remaining.
“Vanessa and her husband, Nick [Lachey], we share the identical birthday,” Antoon, 52, solely advised Us Weekly. “We’re November ninth. It’s the weirdest factor. The three of us have the similar precise birthday.”
He revealed that if their joint birthday falls on a filming day in Hawaii, they typically have a good time with treats.
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The showrunners will “carry out an enormous cake and Nick will present up after which we’ll sing after which everyone eats the cake in some unspecified time in the future,” Antoon defined.
Antoon, who performs tech guru Ernie Malik on the CBS sequence, mentioned that his reference to Vanessa, who performs Particular Agent in Cost Jane Tennant, additionally started throughout a celebration.
“She invited me once I acquired the job and he or she acquired the job [to] this massive type of luau celebration at her home in Encino, [California,]” Antoon recalled. “She reached out to me by means of Twitter [or] Instagram. She’s like, ‘Come over, I’m throwing a celebration. I wish to meet you.’”
The actor introduced his children to the “massive blowout” and immediately bonded with Vanessa, 43, noting that she and the 98 Levels singer, 50, “throw nice events.”
Antoon remembered an “instantaneous” assembly of the minds along with his “loopy Scorpio” counterpart.
The identical chemistry may be felt all through your complete NCIS: Hawai’i household, in keeping with Antoon. “Everyone’s cool,” he advised Us. “There was a ‘no asshole’ coverage from the showrunner. And that makes an enormous distinction once you’re doing a present. It actually does.”
The sensation of ohana, which implies household in Hawaiian, is among the greatest causes Antoon enjoys taking part in Ernie.
“My favourite factor [about him] is his, I might say the type of brother [and] father determine to Lucy and to Whistler,” he mentioned, referring to characters Lucy Tara (Yasmine Al-Bustami) and Kate Whistler (Tori Anderson).
He added: “I might say [being] an older brother and type of digging into their private lives. I simply love that he will get all that info out from them.”
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Antoon famous that after doing just a few crossover episodes with the flagship NCIS sequence, he discovered that their friendships are similar to these on different spinoffs. That closeness has Antoon hopeful that if Hawai’i will get picked up for season 4, there shall be extra joint episodes with different franchises.
“I believe CBS likes it, and it was profitable after we’ve executed them with L.A. as nicely and [regular NCIS],” Antoon mentioned of future crossovers. “And that’s simply cool. It’s just like the Marvel universe. It’s like, ‘Why not?’ You need to dabble in that. It’s actually cool.”
NCIS: Hawai’i airs on CBS Mondays at 10 p.m. ET.
