Tough-talking detective Aiden Burn was abruptly fired on the Oct. 5 episode of CBS' CSI: NY. But was the lady cop's portrayer, original cast member Vanessa Ferlito, unexpectedly ousted as well? TVGuide.com asked the 26-year-old, Brooklyn-born and -raised actress for the skinny behind her exit .
TVGuide com: Sorry that you're leaving CSI: NY.Vanessa Ferlito: No, it's a good thing. But it's sad if you watch the show, I guess.
TVGuide.com: CBS wanted some big changes in CSI: NY this season. Were you one of those changes?Ferlito: Oh, no! I was the one who wanted to leave.
TVGuide.com: Why? Were you unhappy with the direction of your character?Ferlito: I had no intention of doing an hour TV show. I had just wrapped the movie
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Anna Belknap (Medical Investigation) joins the cast of CSI: NY on Oct. 12 as Lindsay Monroe, a "young, athletic and eager to please CSI." She replaces Vanessa Ferlito, who discloses in today's Insider that she quit NY because she "really wanted to be home in New York." Now that's some serious irony.
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Although Claudia's sudden death on 24 this season ultimately freed up actress Vanessa Ferlito to take a plum gig opposite Gary Sinise on CSI: New York, the Italian beauty is still haunted by what coulda been between her and Kiefer Sutherland's Jack. "It depresses me because we were so in love," she laments. "We were supposed to end up together. It's really messed up." So, why did producers kill off Jack's Mexican mistress? And what's the scoop on Ferlito's new CSI gig? Read on...
TV Guide Online: How did you find out that you got the CSI: New York job?Vanessa Ferlito: [Exec producer] Anthony Zuiker called me.
TVGO: Did you have to audition?Ferlito: No. It's amazing. I read for him once, but not even for the role I got. It was for a different role, an older CSI named Stella.
TVGO: What role did you get?Ferlito: Her name is Abigail Martin, but I don't know if
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