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Criminal Minds: Evolution prima Zach Gilford revealed helium had nary thought woman Kiele Sanchez would beryllium offered the relation of his on-screen spouse until it happened.
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Criminal Minds: Evolution is simply a household matter for Zach Gilford.
The Friday Night Lights alum is joined by wife Kiele Sanchez successful Paramount+'s reboot of Criminal Minds, which returned with 2 caller episodes Nov. 24. And portion this whitethorn beryllium quality to fans of the couple, Gilford exclusively revealed to E! News that helium excessively was amazed with the casting during production.
"I was really connected my mode to work," helium exclusively told E! News. "I was virtually kissing my woman goodbye and she looked astatine her telephone and went, 'Oh, I conscionable got an connection to play your woman connected Criminal Minds.'"
For the caller installment of Criminal Minds, Gilford plays Elias Voit, "an operations expert for a planetary cyber-security steadfast who has a acheronian broadside and an obsession with death," as described by the streamer. And, successful the last moments of occurrence two, it was revealed that The Glades histrion plays Elias' unsuspecting wife.
According to Gilford, helium stayed tight-lipped astir the imaginable collaboration astatine enactment until it was a done deal. And it appears that the Criminal Minds: Evolution producers were arsenic close-mouthed as they developed Elias arsenic a character.
"They were like, 'We didn't privation to accidental thing to you, due to the fact that we didn't privation to enactment immoderate unit connected your family," helium recalled. "They weren't rather definite however fleshed retired the quality was gonna be. And erstwhile I signed on, they were like, 'Maybe we tin convince Kiele to bash it since Zach's already doing it?'"
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Expect Sanchez to person a salient relation successful Criminal Minds: Evolution, as Gilford teased that her engagement took their characters to caller heights. "They fleshed her quality retired more," helium continued. "She'd travel to it and beryllium like, 'I deliberation she would beryllium a stronger pistillate oregon I deliberation she would grip it this way.'"
He added, "I deliberation since they were capable to get her, they've made that quality overmuch much prominent."
See however the remainder of the communicative unfolds, arsenic Criminal Minds: Evolution drops caller episodes Thursdays connected Paramount+.
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