Voight actor talks about Dawson's possible return to Chicago PD after viral reunion photo [Exclusive]

Hank Voigt actor Jason Beghe reveals the context behind the viral photo of Jon Seda reuniting with his former Chicago Police co-stars and addresses the possibility of Antonio Dawson coming back. Intelligence seems to shrink every year, there are major departures. Although he is not the first main character to leave the series, Sedas Dawson will be in Chicago Police Season 6 was kind of the start of this trend. Since then, Intelligence has overcome this loss, but given the way his fate was described, there is still hope that he will come back and reprise his role as Dawson.

In an interview with Screen Rant around Reverse the curse, Beghe reveals how Seda finally attended the closing party for Chicago Police Season 11as seen in viral pictures of the couple with Jesse Lee Soffer and Benjamin Levy Aguilar. As it turns out, he invited his former co-star to the meeting. While he cannot say whether Dawson will return to Intelligence, Voight says he would be delighted if Seda returned to One ChicagoRead his full quote below:

The background was that we had a party for the cast and I had been talking to Jon and we wanted to meet. And I said, 'Hey, why don't you just come to the party and be my date?' That was the meaning of him and apparently it was all over. I don't read newspapers but people were saying it was all over, such a big deal. Of course it would be wonderful to have him back. He's a fantastic actor and just a classy gentleman, professional, just a fantastic human being. So, I'm in, but I'm not the one to decide that. But if he's interested, I'm sure we could at least create some space for a story arc if he doesn't want to be a series regular. But yeah, we could use some new people, who knows, maybe Antonio will come back.

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Seda was an original cast member of One Chicago. Chicago Police Premiere, he was already an established member of Voight's intelligence team. He was the squad's deputy leader, which came with his seniority in the job. Dawson would join Chicago Justice — the fourth season of Dick Wolf's One Chicago, which was unfortunately canceled after just one season. This paved the way for his return to his original series, but not long after, he was eventually written out of the series after becoming addicted to opioids. Since he didn't die, the door was always open for his return.

Eventually Seda found a new show in which he took the lead I'm Brea. This has made it difficult for the actor to return to One Chicago in any capacity in recent years. Now, however, he has time to step back into Dawson's shoes and rejoin Intelligence. Hailey Upton's departure after Jay Halstead's Chicago Police The Season 10 exit also leaves Intelligence understaffed. Voight can't afford to bring in just anyone. He needs a new right-hand man, and the easiest way to fill that void is to bring back his original second-in-command.

Beghe is right, though. The decision about Seda's possible return will be made by those above him. Still, it doesn't hurt that he has publicly expressed his desire to see Dawson back on Intelligence. Moreover, it's also helpful to see that there is still interest in Dawson and his story years after he was written out of the film. Chicago Police.

Chicago Police Season 12 will premiere as part of NBC's 2024–2024 fall television schedule.

Chicago Police

As a spin-off of “Chicago Fire,” this police drama follows the detectives and uniformed patrol officers of the Chicago Police Department as they work to solve cases and put criminals behind bars.

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Jason Beghe, Marina Squerciati, Patrick John Flueger, LaRoyce Hawkins, Amy Morton, Jesse Lee Soffer, Tracy Spiridakos, Jon Seda

Release date

January 8, 2014

Seasons

11

Authors

Dick Wolf

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