It doesn't matter how many phony shoot-outs you do as an actor. Nothing prepares you for the real deal. "There's smoke in the air and I can see it and taste it," Jason Clarke says with reverence in his voice. He's recalling one of the many ride-alongs he was on with Chicago law enforcement in preparation to play a detective on The Chicago Code, Fox's new cop drama from The Shield creator Shawn Ryan. "Our car pulls up and there's a guy on the ground. He's been shot. It's nighttime. We're outside a church. My heart is pounding and my mind is going, 'What the hell am I doing here?'"
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At first glance, the set of the latest Law & Order, looks familiar. Binders are marked "homicides" and "robberies." But, there are detailed city maps — of Los Angeles. Upon closer view, there's a Dodgers cap. Outside the window lie the ever bustling 101 and 110 freeways.
It doesn't look like we're in New York anymore...
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Jennifer Beals has landed the female lead in Fox's new cop drama pilot, Ride-Along, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Beals (The L Word, Lie to Me) will star opposite Jason Clarke (Brotherhood) as Chicago's first ...
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Brotherhood alum Jason Clarke has been tapped to headline Fox's police drama pilot Ride-Along, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
To be set and filmed in Chicago, Ride-Along tells the story of Clarke's Det. Jarek Wysocki, a local legend who struggles to eradicate the city's violence and corruption. The pilot was created ...
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