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9-1-1
Doug Inglish
02of 14Station 19Doug Inglish"[Firefighters are] on the front lines and putting their life on the line every single day for us," says Boris Kodjoe (who plays Robert Sullivan on the ABC hit), with Jay Hayden (Travis Montgomery). “To be able to play them and to pay homage to them is truly an honor for us.”
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Station 19
“[Firefighters are] on the front lines and putting their life on the line every single day for us,” says Boris Kodjoe (who plays Robert Sullivan on the ABC hit), with Jay Hayden (Travis Montgomery). “To be able to play them and to pay homage to them is truly an honor for us.”
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9-1-1: Lone Star
04of 14Chicago FireDoug Inglish"There’s not a lot of people that walk into harm’s way willingly, day in, day out — and that’s the job," Taylor Kinney (right) says of real firefighters. “So, thank you.” Adds Joe Miñoso, his costar on the NBC drama, “I think one of the great things that our show portrays is how much of a family this group is. And I think that’s something we learned from watching these men and women support each other through some really horrific stuff.”
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Chicago Fire
“There’s not a lot of people that walk into harm’s way willingly, day in, day out — and that’s the job,” Taylor Kinney (right) says of real firefighters. “So, thank you.” Adds Joe Miñoso, his costar on the NBC drama, “I think one of the great things that our show portrays is how much of a family this group is. And I think that’s something we learned from watching these men and women support each other through some really horrific stuff.”
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Peter Krause
06of 14Boris KodjoeDoug Inglish"To have a job like this where you play make believe every single day, and you can be a firefighter, it should be illegal," says theStation 19star. “It’s literally a dream come true. That’s what everybody wanted to do when they were kids. I wanted to be a firefighter when I was five. And to be able to do [this now], it’s a dream come true.”
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Boris Kodjoe
“To have a job like this where you play make believe every single day, and you can be a firefighter, it should be illegal,” says theStation 19star. “It’s literally a dream come true. That’s what everybody wanted to do when they were kids. I wanted to be a firefighter when I was five. And to be able to do [this now], it’s a dream come true.”
07of 14Taylor KinneyDoug InglishFor 11 seasons on NBC, “we’ve been fortunate enough to go forward and do something really special: tell great stories,” Kinney says ofChicago Fire. “I got called Samurai the other day,” he adds with a laugh, referring to a mispronunciation of his character, Severide. “The guy’s like, ‘Yo, what’s up, Samurai?'”
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Taylor Kinney
For 11 seasons on NBC, “we’ve been fortunate enough to go forward and do something really special: tell great stories,” Kinney says ofChicago Fire. “I got called Samurai the other day,” he adds with a laugh, referring to a mispronunciation of his character, Severide. “The guy’s like, ‘Yo, what’s up, Samurai?'”
08of 14Brian Michael SmithDoug Inglish"Physically what it takes to actually do the job of a firefighter, you have to be in pretty good shape," the9-1-1: Lone Staractor says of what he’s learned about the occupation. “Even if you’re not necessarily aesthetically in the greatest shape, physically you have to be able to do the job. And we found out as we were training for it, it really is demanding to do that.”
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Brian Michael Smith
“Physically what it takes to actually do the job of a firefighter, you have to be in pretty good shape,” the9-1-1: Lone Staractor says of what he’s learned about the occupation. “Even if you’re not necessarily aesthetically in the greatest shape, physically you have to be able to do the job. And we found out as we were training for it, it really is demanding to do that.”
09of 14Oliver StarkDoug Inglish"They put themselves on the line for complete strangers day in, day out. I don’t think there’s anything more you can give, as a human, than that," says the9-1-1star, who plays Evan “Buck” Buckley. “I also think about just the wide variety of calls and therefore skill sets that they have to have. I think I quite naively starting the show thought that firefighters just fight fire. When in actual fact, the scope of what they end up dealing with is so much greater. So their own skill set has to be equally as great.”
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Oliver Stark
“They put themselves on the line for complete strangers day in, day out. I don’t think there’s anything more you can give, as a human, than that,” says the9-1-1star, who plays Evan “Buck” Buckley. “I also think about just the wide variety of calls and therefore skill sets that they have to have. I think I quite naively starting the show thought that firefighters just fight fire. When in actual fact, the scope of what they end up dealing with is so much greater. So their own skill set has to be equally as great.”
10of 14Jay HaydenDoug Inglish"It’s what our kids, our daughters, need to say," theStation 19star says of the show’s representation of strong female characters — specifically female firefighters. “They need to see these strong, powerful women being able to do the job and do it in an amazing way.”
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Jay Hayden
“It’s what our kids, our daughters, need to say,” theStation 19star says of the show’s representation of strong female characters — specifically female firefighters. “They need to see these strong, powerful women being able to do the job and do it in an amazing way.”
11of 14Joe MiñosoJoe Miñoso.Doug Inglish"Did I ever dream of being a firefighter? I think every boy, at some point, sees a fire truck and is like, ‘That’s dope,'" says Miñoso, who plays Joe Cruz on NBC’sChicago Fire. “I think I was more excited when I got the role. I was more a kid about being a firefighter in my 30s than I would’ve been in my teens. I remember when I got cast … and I hung up the phone, and I was like, ‘I’m going to be a firefighter!’ I’m turning a fake wheel to a truck. Because I was so excited about the potential. I don’t think we could ever imagine that this is where we would’ve gone.”
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Joe Miñoso
Joe Miñoso.Doug Inglish
“Did I ever dream of being a firefighter? I think every boy, at some point, sees a fire truck and is like, ‘That’s dope,'” says Miñoso, who plays Joe Cruz on NBC’sChicago Fire. “I think I was more excited when I got the role. I was more a kid about being a firefighter in my 30s than I would’ve been in my teens. I remember when I got cast … and I hung up the phone, and I was like, ‘I’m going to be a firefighter!’ I’m turning a fake wheel to a truck. Because I was so excited about the potential. I don’t think we could ever imagine that this is where we would’ve gone.”
12of 14Kenneth ChoiDoug Inglish"The sexiest thing about firefighters is they’re actual heroes," says the9-1-1star. “They run into danger when everybody else is running away.”
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Kenneth Choi
“The sexiest thing about firefighters is they’re actual heroes,” says the9-1-1star. “They run into danger when everybody else is running away.”
13of 14Ryan GuzmanDoug Inglish"Some people could say being a family man is sexy, and I think there’s no greater family than the one you find in extreme environments like in firefighting," says the9-1-1star.
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Ryan Guzman
“Some people could say being a family man is sexy, and I think there’s no greater family than the one you find in extreme environments like in firefighting,” says the9-1-1star.
14of 14Julian WorksDoug Inglish"We just got a small glimpse of what [firefighters] go through on a day-to-day basis. The real ones that go out there, I salute them," says the9-1-1: Lone Staractor. “There’s been many episodes that we show these huge fires and stuff going on, but they’re all based off of somewhat true stories that they find in certain newspapers. So I commend the real firefighters out there that do their job very well. All respect to them.”
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Julian Works
“We just got a small glimpse of what [firefighters] go through on a day-to-day basis. The real ones that go out there, I salute them,” says the9-1-1: Lone Staractor. “There’s been many episodes that we show these huge fires and stuff going on, but they’re all based off of somewhat true stories that they find in certain newspapers. So I commend the real firefighters out there that do their job very well. All respect to them.”
source: people.com
