FBI: International’s Jay Hayden says Taylor clashed with Wes on debut
Jay Hayden as Agent Tyler Booth
Nelly Keith/CBSJay Hayden Joining FBI: International Over the course of four episodes, his character, Tyler Booth, will make waves and piss some people off.
Hayden, 37, specializes in us weekly Regarding his character’s “checkered past,” teasing Taylor is a “former partner” of Flyers captain Wes Mitchell (Jesse Lee Sofer).
“They did some good things [together] “It’s probably not on the same level,” he said of Taylor and Weiss’ dynamic, noting that they will reunite on Tuesday, Dec. 10, when Taylor heads to Budapest to hunt down a man on the FBI’s most wanted list fugitive and asks Weiss’ team for assistance.
“Are they still best friends? I don’t know. Do they do things the same way? Absolutely not,” Hayden laughed, previewing what fans will see when Taylor and Wes arrive. “It’s going to be a clash of personalities.”
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Throughout Season 4, viewers got to know Wes, who became the agent in charge of overseas affairs after Scott Forrester (Luke Kleintank) left in the Season 3 finale. When Taylor shows up in Budapest, Wes’s past will become clearer.
Jesse Lee Sofer as Supervisory Agent Wesley “Wes” Mitchell
Nelly Keith/CBS“At one point, Wes and Taylor were the same. They were case attorneys together, working together,” Hayden explained. “In some cases they were both involved in, one career went one way and the other career went another.”
When Taylor, who currently works out of the FBI’s Charleston, South Carolina, field office, arrives in Budapest, where Weiss is headquartered, it’s clear that Weiss owes him a piece of their past events together. While Wes would bend some rules for Taylor, he also tried to control him and push his career forward.
Jesse Lee Sofer as Supervisory Agent Wesley “Wes” Mitchell
Nelly Keith/CBS“Tyler finally has a chance to reach the next level. [at work]. But he had to catch this guy, a guy that was responsible for the deaths of a lot of law enforcement officers,” Hayden said of Taylor’s debut. “So he knew someone who could help him, one of the best case agents he knew was now with GS 14 in the Flying Corps [so] Get into this relationship.
The actor noted that it was an “intense case” that pushed Taylor and Wes’ friendship to the edge. “They don’t see eye to eye. They have different ways of catching criminals,” Hayden said. “Other members of the flight team must also have had issues with the way Taylor was doing things.”
FBI: International Division names new team leader, Jesse Lee Soffer’s supervising agent Wesley “Wes” Mitchell, who will carry a gun Come. “It’s a completely different character,” Sofer, 40, exclusively told Us Weekly of Weiss, who will replace Luke Kleintank’s Scott Forrester as the Flight Director in Season 4. […]
this Station 19 The alum added, “Obviously, Wes was a little over the line, but now if someone says, ‘Yeah, yeah, so let’s do it outside the line,’ it’s going to get worse,” he said, “No, no one. I’m not, I don’t know. No. so it is [a] Great dynamic.
In addition to Taylor and Wes’ relationship, Hayden also shared Taylor’s dynamic with Megan “Smitty” Garretson (eva jane willis) is “a traceable”, reveals, “[It’s] It’s really fun how these waves end up crashing into each other.
Jay Hayden as Detective Tyler Booth and Eva-Jane Willis as Europol Detective Megan “Smitty” · Megan “Smitty” Garretson
Nelly Keith/CBShayden told us Fans will see him in four episodes FBI: International “Currently” hints that his arc could be expanded. While his character clashes with Wes and company, Hayden couldn’t be happier at the prospect of working even more closely with Sofer, 40, in the new year.
“I’m not sure who threw my hat in the ring,” he said of how he landed the role, noting that he and Soffer have been friends for years. “Working with friends is – it’s a gift that most of us as actors never get. You don’t work with your real friends, you become friends with the people you work with. But you can’t On the first day he showed up and said, “This is one of my best friends for 16 years. “So it’s great.
Hayden joked that he and Soffer got into “unsuitable interview” shenanigans while working together in Europe.
“We couldn’t stop laughing on the set. It was so great. It was so fun,” he recalled. “It’s like you go to Budapest to visit your friends and you go to work and you’re like, ‘Yeah, here’s your fake gun and let’s go catch bad guys.'” I was like, ‘This is awesome.’
FBI: International Airs Tuesday at 9pm ET on CBS.
