I only bring up Wing Commander because that's the only role I can think of where he was supposed to be an action-oriented authority figure of some sort.
Cole is the head of CTU Field Ops. That means he's going to be serving the Curtis/Doyle/Renee role for S8. Freddie Prinze can do comedy and even romcom, I'll give him that. But ex-Marine? It's a definite stretch and I certainly hope he's improved and gotten more edge in 10 years. It's not just the more serious role; it's more the action I'm worried about not being believable.
I'm willing to give him a chance, because lord knows that the roles Annie played prior to 24 were all soft and girly and she turned out to be Action Figure Barbie like HARD CORE this year. Still, she was a relative unknown, and Freddie Prinze is going to have more work ahead of him to get people to stop seeing him as Fred from Scooby Doo or that guy from She's All That.
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Cole is the head of CTU Field Ops. That means he's going to be serving the Curtis/Doyle/Renee role for S8. Freddie Prinze can do comedy and even romcom, I'll give him that. But ex-Marine? It's a definite stretch and I certainly hope he's improved and gotten more edge in 10 years. It's not just the more serious role; it's more the action I'm worried about not being believable.
I'm willing to give him a chance, because lord knows that the roles Annie played prior to 24 were all soft and girly and she turned out to be Action Figure Barbie like HARD CORE this year. Still, she was a relative unknown, and Freddie Prinze is going to have more work ahead of him to get people to stop seeing him as Fred from Scooby Doo or that guy from She's All That.