CSI New York Heads to Chicago
Monday found Gary Sinise filming exteriors for CSI:NY in Chicago. No, it’s not time for another spinoff. In a quest to smoke out his 333 stalker, Mac will head to his Chicago hometown in search of answers. I’m sure this is all related to the creepy voodoo lady’s diatribe about the sins of youth.
Incidentally Chicago is Gary’s own hometown . He didn’t campaign for the Chicago location but was pleased. “It was a surprise actually. They all know I’m from Chicago and we set up early on that my character was from Chicago. The writers came up with some really great ideas and thought it would be good to come back here and shoot and I was all for it.”
Mac visits landmarks like the Tribune Tower and the Wrigely Building. Sinise hinted that some items on the exterior of the Tribune Building will be incorporated into the plot. “I had no idea that these things were on the building. In fact some of them kind of tie in to our story a little bit.”
Gary actually started the Steppenwolf Theater, a Chicago landmark, along with three other actors in 1974. Interesting bit of trivia here. William Petersen, another Chicago native, later preformed and honed his craft at Steppenwolf. CSI owes Chicago a lot.
The episode featuring Chicago is set to air on November 28th. No word on the episode title yet. It’s nice when CSI steps outside of the box. Of course we always get a little extra around sweeps time. Maybe one of the franchises will head down my way next.
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