Jesse Lee Soffer Talks ‘FBI: Worldwide’ Season 4 Premiere

Former Chicago P.D. star Jesse Lee Soffer is zooming into a brand new chapter in his profession, starring as Supervisory Particular Agent Wesley “Wes” Mitchell in Season 4 of CBS‘ FBI: Worldwide, which premieres on October 15. Within the clip above, we’ve got your unique first have a look at the action-packed occasions that finally take Wes on a visit overseas.

In “A Chief, Not A Vacationer,” Wes will get caught up in an epic automobile chase following a mysterious crew inflicting chaos in Los Angeles. However when his accomplice is shot and the suspects flee to Budapest, Wes is sizzling on their path with a bit help from the Fly Workforce. Oh, and for anybody questioning, Soffer is doing “most” of his personal stunts. “Yeah, my knees are aching,” he joked throughout a latest interview with Deadline.

The brand new gig heralded a giant reunion between the quick and livid driver and Chicago P.D. co-creator Matt Olmstead, who writes and govt produces on FBI: Worldwide.

“There’s a lot motion, the primary episode is nice,” he teased. “When Matt and I first began speaking about doing this, we mentioned who this character was going to be. I really like Matt’s writing, which was one of many largest attracts for me to do that. He delivered; that first episode was a lot enjoyable and it felt like a pilot.”

He continued, “Whenever you meet Wes, he’s on this difficult relationship and he’s clearly married to his work. You’ll see his girlfriend throwing out his shit as a result of she thinks he’s dishonest however he’s not. He’s only a exhausting employee however they get into this battle, and that’s how the episode begins. When he goes off afterward together with his accomplice, who’s a detailed buddy, they get entangled in a capturing after they’re chasing this theft crew. However when his accomplice will get shot, Wes turns into a person on fireplace and chases these guys to Budapest. He reconnects with Cameron Vo (Vinessa Vidotto) there, with whom he has this complete backstory…The episode is filled with a whole lot of characters, backstories and a whole lot of motion. It’s an ideal place to begin for this new season of FBI: Worldwide and this new vitality.”

The “new vitality” arrives following the exit of Luke Kleintank, who led the collection as Scott Forrester throughout the present’s first three seasons. Forrester made his closing look in episode 11 on Could 7 and his character was written off within the finale of Season 3 as having gone on the run together with his mom with the pair heading to Alaska. Within the closing beats of the finale, the Fly Workforce totally welcomes Tank (Inexperienced) into the fold and is adopted by Raines (Carter Redwood). Does that imply he might be returning for a meet-and-greet with Wes?

“Wes meets Tank and Tank indicators off on Wes,” Soffer confirms. “Every little thing is cool so hopefully that will get me some road cred with the followers. Belief me, I do know Tank is the star of the present. We had a extremely cozy, cuddly scene within the second episode, so hopefully that will probably be a deal with for the followers.”

Along with the beloved black Large Schnauzer, Soffer may even be joined on the present by his good friend and Station 19 star Jay Hayden, who will painting Agent Tyler Sales space in episodes to air later within the season, as we reported in September.

“You haven’t any concept how thrilling it’s. It’s so cool,” he mentioned of working with Hayden. “Jay is one among my finest mates for over 15 years. We studied appearing collectively, we taught collectively. We used to educate one another on auditions. We had been each on TV on the identical time, however I used to be in Chicago and he was in Los Angeles, so we frolicked throughout hiatuses. It’s a dream come true that we get to work collectively on the identical present. I hope the followers like our dynamic.”

Soffer additional teased that Wes and Tyler “have a extremely cool backstory” and “have been via some shit collectively.”

He continued, “Wes marches to the beat of his personal drum and doesn’t at all times do issues the best method. He doesn’t go by process and is extra like, ‘Yeah, we’re gonna get it finished and we’ll work out if there’s an answer someplace.’ Jay’s character Tyler is even worse than that. He’s like, ‘We’ll do the mistaken factor to get it finished…’ For Wes, Tyler is his dangerous angel and Smitty [Eva-Jane Willis] is the great angel as a result of he’s someplace within the center.”

With Wes and Soffer’s Chicago P.D. character Jay Halstead each being regulation enforcement professionals within the Dick Wolf Universe, it was inevitable that each had been current in Soffer’s thoughts when he was capturing.

“[Playing Wes], was each straightforward and exhausting on the identical time. It’s difficult as a result of they’re each cops, so their conditions, their procedures and their traces of dialog and [using technical terms] like, placing out a BOLO or giving an outline of any individual, all these cop ideas are the identical,” Soffer mentioned. “The simple half is that Halsted had a lot baggage on the finish of P.D. and had been put via the wringer and was such a brooding, darkish character. However Wes is sort of a breath of recent air; he’s a lot lighter, carefree, and type of unaffected. I’ve joked a few instances that they do maintain the gun the identical method.”

Seeing Soffer with a brand new love curiosity on FBI: Worldwide caught me a bit off guard as a long-time Chicago P.D. watcher who half anticipated Haley (Tracy Spiridakos) to look—no disrespect to the actress who performs his love curiosity within the collection. Hey, it’s an Upstead factor and Haley did depart P.D. for a job with the FBI. Though Soffer is just not taking part in Halstead anymore, it might be a recent begin for each Haley and Wes.

“Hypothetically, she exists on this universe,” Soffer mentioned of Haley. “And if she ever confirmed up in Budapest, Wes could be like, ‘Do I do know you?’”

He added, “Hey, you by no means know.”