NATURAL ROLE
‘NCIS New Orleans’ character’s accent comes easy for Alabama native
You have questions. I have some answers.
Q: What happened to the guy who played Chris LaSalle on “NCIS New Orleans”? Is that accent real? And did he really attend the University of Alabama?
A: Lucas Black, who played LaSalle, left the show a season ago amid talk that he was heading to the big screen, probably with a return to the “Fast and the Furious” franchise. Black had starred in the film series “Tokyo Drift” and appeared briefly in “Furious 7.” Unlike the fictional LaSalle, Black did not attend the university you mentioned, but his accent is legit; he was born and grew up in Alabama.
Q: Will the show “mixedish” be returning? I see the dad on the show is now starring in the reboot of “Saved by the Bell.”
A: First, “mixed-ish”
— the prequel to “blackish” — came back to ABC on Jan. 26. Second, MarkPaul Gosselaar’s on-air involvement in the new “Saved by the Bell” (on streaming service Peacock) is limited to a few of the first season’s 10 episodes because of his “mixed-ish” contract.
By the way, “grown-ish” — another companion series to “black-ish” — has new episodes on Freeform that began Jan. 21.
Q: What can you tell me
about a recent series set in New Zealand? It had a young, awkward man who went home to work at his mother’s real estate office. There is a forward-thinking young lady who is with him. I want to say that “rose” is part of the title. I have not another clue about the name.
A: That is “Rosehaven,” a comedy set in Tasmania, which began telecasts on Australian television in 2016. There have been four seasons, totaling 32 episodes. Episodes have aired on SundanceTV here, and I have found Seasons 2 and 3 on cable via Sundance Now On Demand, and streaming on AMC+ and Sundance Now.
Q: Do you know if “Bosch” will be returning for another season on Amazon? I think this is a great show.
A: The drama based
Titus Welliver plays Harry Bosch in the Amazon Studios series “Bosch.”
on the novels by Michael Connelly will be back for a seventh and final season. But when that season will air is still unclear. Like many series, it experienced delays due to the pandemic, including a relatively recent one. Deadline.com reported a weeklong production shutdown in November after a positive COVID-19 test on the show.
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