Jonathan Togo

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<font color=yellow>Jonathan Togo</font> joined CSI: Miami this season to step into the vacancy left by <font color=yellow>Rory Cochrane</font> (Tim Speedle), who left the show in the third season opener "Lost Son". Replacing a beloved character is never easy, but Togo has tackled his role with aplomb since first appearing in the third episode of the season, "Under the Influence" as a young patrolman eager to join Horatio Caine's team of CSIs. Much like his character, Togo has an enthusiasm and passion for his job and brings with him an energy that has livened up Miami's third season. Togo sat down with CSI Files in between shooting scenes for an upcoming episode to share how he's fitting in on the hit television show.

CSI Files: What led you to take the role of Ryan Wolfe on CSI: Miami?

Jonathan Togo: What led me to take it was that it's a better job than bartending! I'll go out on three commercial auditions a day, but sometimes you get good ones. I'm going in for a bad sitcom, I'm going in for a really awful movie-of-the-week, and I'm going in for CSI: Miami to be the new cop! And wouldn't it be funny or crazy if I ended up [landing it]? Well, I ended up getting the job. They flew me to L.A. Usually it's a process where you cast in front of a bunch of network executives and it's like an 8-round gladiator pit of actors. [But for Miami] they flew me in and took me to [CSI: Miami Executive Producer] <font color=yellow>Ann Donahue</font>'s office and we talked for a while and she asked me if I wanted the job. And I had this look on my face where it was like <font color=yellow>Ed McMahon</font> handing someone the lottery check. It was mind-blowing! And so I said yes and she brought be to meet the writers and that was it.

For an actor in my position, it's not a question of what roles you choose, it's what roles choose you. I was just lucky to have a role that chose me that's as wonderful as this one.

CSI Files: Do you like your character?

Togo: I said to [the writers], so who is he, who is Ryan Wolfe? One of the writers sort of looked at me and said, "It's you. You're the guy. We're building it on you." I sat down with [the writers], they got my sense of humor, they heard me tell some bad jokes and they started writing a character. So Ryan Wolfe is based on [me].

I was a theater major at Vassar, and when you go to theater school, you play a lot of roles that have already been written, have already been done, but in television, the character is evolving and you're going with it. So [Ryan's] a lot of things. He's obsessive compulsive, which I am not.

CSI Files: Are you a fan of the CSI shows?

Togo: Here's the funny thing--my girlfriend is obsessed with all of the CSIs. So I started watching and started getting into it. So to be a fan of it and then to be on it is a quick, really crazy jump.

And I was the hugest <font color=yellow>Emily Procter</font> (Calleigh Duquesne) fan. Another show I love is The West Wing, so when I first met Emily Procter, I was like you're Ainsley Hayes! And you're Calleigh Duquesne!

They gave me a bunch of episodes so I saw what had happened previously. Everyone on set talks about the show the way my girlfriend talks about CSI and CSI: Miami. They know every intricate detail.

CSI Files: What was it like coming in and replacing a popular character (Tim Speedle, played by <font color=yellow>Rory Cochrane</font>)?

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I want to see this Togo dance. Maybe he and Eric can do a stage show! :lol:
 
You know, I was so busy thinking about Van Halen, I forgot to mention this thought:

From what he said in the interview, it sounds like J. Togo might have had a little bit of a crush on Emily Procter. (And who could blame him, really?)

Think about this:

Togo said his g/f was a big fan of all 3 shows. He probably won major brownie points with her when he landed a big role on Miami. Right? At first, she's thrilled. She wants to hear all about the job for the first few weeks. (E.g., "What's David Caruso like?", "Can I come watch you shoot?", etc.)

Now he seems really enthusiastic, and sounds like a nice guy, but eventually his girlfriend will get sick of hearing all the nice things he has to say about Emily Procter. He'll come home from work one night and be all like "Emily said the funniest thing today..." And his girlfriend will be like "So... You've been spending a lot of time with Emily lately...?" Togo will reasonably say something like "Well, I work with her 12 hours a day every day." And the g/f will be like "Uh huh. So... do you... like her?" And Jonathan will start getting annoyed and say "I work with a lot of people. How come you're not asking me if I'm attracted to David Caruso, or Sofia Milos?" Then his girlfriend will be like "Oh, so now you're attracted to Sofia too, huh?" And Togo will be like "That's not what I said!" And things will just go downhill from there.

Seriously, has anyone ever thought about that? It's not uncommon to be attracted to hot people you see on television, and if you're in a comfortable relationship, you might not worry too much about revealing that to your boyfriend/girlfriend because there's the underlying assumption that you'll never actually meet this person and therefore, never have the opportunity to act on (or be tempted by) this crush. However, think about how your significant other would react if you not only met the person, but ended up working long hours with that person all the time.

I think Jonathan Togo is gonna have a jealousy timebomb on his hands if he's not careful. What do you guys think?
 
Posted by SmooveG:
I think Jonathan Togo is gonna have a jealousy timebomb on his hands if he's not careful. What do you guys think?
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Nah. All actors are like that. The things I've seen on tv and movie sets, you wouldn't believe. Saying Emily's pretty, that's nothing.

Cool interview! He seems like a really fun guy. Nerds With Badges. I'd watch.
 
Posted by SmooveG:
I think Jonathan Togo is gonna have a jealousy timebomb on his hands if he's not careful. What do you guys think?
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I think Smoove has been smoking some funny crack lately. :lol:

No, seriously, she's probably still riding the high of having her boyfriend on one of her favorite shows. That's gotta be really cool. And I'm sure she trusts him.

Besides, everyone knows Emily Procter's heart belongs to SmooveG, right? ;)
 
I don't think either that there will be any jealously problems for JT and his girlfriend, i mean alot of stars are huge fans of another co star and they end up just being friends then the families end up having BBQ's at each others homes.
Course i can just see it now, his GF is watching an ep and something happens and she yells for him, he comes running in and she yells at him cause he didn't tell her that part was gonna happen and it was major and especially if that part was hush hush lol.

I have to admit JT did notice the feel for what the fans might think and the fact that he can be that understanding about it is truely amazing it really takes people who have no problems to identify with the fans like that.

The fact that they all joke around and get along so well is cool, you alot of times hear that but its like you also hear that little (What they don't know) in the wording, i didn't hear that from JT.

I really liked the Greg comparison comments "Did you know you look like..... FINE!" :lol:
Then him and greg being on a spin off of "Geeks with Badges" lol He really seems like a funny guy who if he keeps this attitude will do well.
 
Posted by Destiny:
I have to admit JT did notice the feel for what the fans might think and the fact that he can be that understanding about it is truely amazing it really takes people who have no problems to identify with the fans like that.
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Yeah, I thought that was especially cool, too. So many actors come across in interviews like they don't watch television at all and can't relate to the fans, etc. It was cool to see someone who actually likes the CSI shows and is on them! And if he's big into Star Wars, he really knows what it means to be a fan! :lol:

I liked the stuff about him and Eric, too. I want to see that Nerds with Badges show! :lol:
 
Posted by Top41:
I think Smoove has been smoking some funny crack lately. :lol:
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Only someone who's been smokin' crack would be crazy enough to think that I've been smokin' crack.
Posted by Top41:
Besides, everyone knows Emily Procter's heart belongs to SmooveG, right? ;)
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That's what I thought too! Although all my friends seem to think that the restraining order implies otherwise.
 
Posted by SmooveG:
Only someone who's been smokin' crack would be crazy enough to think that I've been smokin' crack.
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That is exactly what someone who has been smokin' crack would say. :rolleyes:

That's what I thought too! Although all my friends seem to think that the restraining order implies otherwise.
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Well, you know what they say...the course of true love never did run smooth...or Smoove in this case. :lol:
 
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