Freddie Prinze Jr. Joins Cast of “24”
May 29, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Television
Freddie Prinze Jr. has found work! I was honestly beginning to wonder if the man had fallen from the face of the earth. It was like the second he married Sarah Michelle Gellar, his career went south. What was 
that all about?
Anyway, Freddie will be joining the cast of 24 in a recurring role. His character, Davis Cole, is a “recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to follow in Jack Bauer’s (Kiefer Sutherland) footsteps.”
Maybe this will attract some viewers who haven’t seen the show (I will admit to never having watched a single episode). In case you are as unfamiliar with 24 as I am, the show is in real time so that each season depicts just 24 hours in the life of Jack Bauer, who works with the United States government as it fights fictitious terrorist threats to the United States.
As a side note, while I was researching for this post, I discovered that it’s also the second longest-running espionage series in television history in two different ways. The longest running espionage show (in terms of episodes) is the original Mission: Impossible while The Avengers takes first place in terms of longevity of broadcast.
Freddie won’t be the only “new guy” on the set. Slumdog Millionaire star, Anil Kapoor, was also recently named as a new addition.
image: Bauer-Griffin
