Blue Bloods star Tom Selleck is hoping that after his 14 seasons of the hit cop drama wraps, his subsequent function will see him swinging his leg over a horse.
In an interview in Parade, Selleck is quoted as saying that not solely does he wish to make one other western, however particularly one created by showrunner du jour Taylor Sheridan, who co-created the mega-hit Yellowstone. “A superb Western’s at all times on my record,” Selleck instructed the journal. “I miss that; I wish to sit on a horse once more.”
Selleck isn’t any stranger to cowboy roles, having starred all through his profession in movies and TV sequence corresponding to The Sacketts, Concrete Cowboys, The Shadow Riders and Quigley Down Underneath. The Magnum PI star mentioned of the 1990 movie Quigley, “That was an enormous Western and he was clearly an iconic hero. I don’t thoughts saying I used to be a little bit anxious to play a component that perhaps John Wayne might have accomplished higher.”
Additionally within the nineties was Selleck’s flip within the made-for-television film, Final Stand at Saber River, which went on to nab the Bronze Wrangler on the Western Heritage Awards. The final time Selleck sat on a horse whereas on set was in one other film of the week in 2003 known as Monte Walsh.
And in actual life, Selleck, who turns 80 in January, and his spouse, Jillie Mack, dwell on a 65-acre ranch in California. Their daughter Hannah can also be an completed equestrian who competes in main present leaping competitions all over the world.