{"id":94069,"date":"2023-04-12T14:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T14:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/12\/csi-vegas-star-on-greg-sanders-return-season-3-hopes-exclusive-hollywood-life\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T14:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T14:06:14","slug":"csi-vegas-star-on-greg-sanders-return-season-3-hopes-exclusive-hollywood-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/12\/csi-vegas-star-on-greg-sanders-return-season-3-hopes-exclusive-hollywood-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018CSI: Vegas\u2019 Star On Greg Sanders Return &#038; Season 3 Hopes: Exclusive \u2013 Hollywood Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-media edge-to-edge entry-media--lead-gallery\" aria-describedby=\"lead-image-credit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a id=\"lead-gallery-link-featured\" class=\"entry-media__image entry-media__image-0\" 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data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\"><strong>Eric Szmanda\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> fan-favorite <em>CSI<\/em> character made his first look on <em>CSI: Vegas<\/em> through the March 30 episode as Greg stepped in as an evening shift supervisor. <strong>HollywoodLife<\/strong> spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Eric about his return to the <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/pics\/csi-cast-then-and-now-photos\/\" data-analytics-trigger=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">world of<em> CSI<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">\u201cIt was amazing to get that call. I love this show. I\u2019ve loved playing Greg Sanders, and I really missed it,\u201d he mentioned. \u201cIt was something I spent 15 years of my life doing, and I was really surprised to see the reaction of the fans when they heard I was coming back. It just made me really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"articles-trending-now\" class=\"entry-navigation inline-trending-stories\">\n\t\t<span id=\"articles-trending-now\" class=\"screen-reader-only\">Articles Trending Now<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-navigation__heading\">\n\t\t\tTrending Now\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-navigation__heading__icon\"><svg fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 17\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t<path fill=\"#D718A7\" d=\"M8 16.376a8 8 0 1 0 0-16 8 8 0 0 0 0 16Z\"\/>\n\t<path stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m9.51 5.626 2.11-.75.76 2.09\"\/>\n\t<path stroke=\"#fff\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m3.42 10.696 2.21-3.05 2.03 3.83 3.95-6.5\"\/>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- .entry-navigation --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5072969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5072969\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CSI-Eric-Szmanda-embed-3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5072969\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CSI-Eric-Szmanda-embed-3.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Szmanda\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5072969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Szmanda is again within the \u2018CSI\u2019 universe. (Photographer: Piper Ferguson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">In the April 13 episode, Greg may have an onscreen reunion with <strong>Marg Helgenberger\u2019s<\/strong> Catherine Willows. \u201cIt was incredible to be reunited with Marg. She and I have remained good friends since the original show ended, and I was really happy when she got brought on for the second season. I think she\u2019s an amazing person. I really look up to her, and I\u2019ve learned from her every day we work together,\u201d Greg gushed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">The episode will function an explosion, and Eric teased that \u201cGreg gets called in to help process the scene.\u201d He added, \u201cGreg and Catherine are familiar with explosions and have been through a couple of their own on the original show. We have a couple of great scenes in the episode. There\u2019s one that was left out that I wish was in there, but maybe it\u2019ll be released in some special bonus features on a DVD or something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\">The actor has a 3-episode run in season 2 and hopes this gained\u2019t be the final time Greg helps out on<em> CSI: Vegas<\/em>. The present has already been renewed for season 3.<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"related-articles\" class=\"inline-related-articles\">\n<h2 id=\"related-articles\" class=\"inline-related-articles__heading\">More TV News:<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\">\u201cI had a lot of fun. This time around the cast has been amazing,\u201d Greg instructed <strong>HollywoodLife<\/strong>. \u201c<strong>Paula Newsome<\/strong> and I are both from the Midwest. I used to live in Chicago, which is where she hails from. We bonded initially on that. <strong>Matt Lauria<\/strong> was on the original <em>CSI<\/em> briefly, so I met him back then. <strong>Lex Medlin<\/strong>, who plays Beau Finado, and I hit it off right away when we realized that we both graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena.<strong> Sarah Gilman<\/strong> and I had mutual friends before we worked together and, as the audience can see, we had an instant connection. I had to bust out Greg\u2019s vest from the storage bin in my garage, and I\u2019m not ready to put it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\">Eric believes that Greg can \u201cserve as a great bridge in connecting the original incarnation of <em>CSI<\/em> to this one. Marg and <strong>Billy [Petersen]<\/strong> and<strong> Jorja [Fox]<\/strong> and <strong>Paul [Guilfoyle]<\/strong> and <strong>Wally [Langham]<\/strong> have all done a great job of it as well. Greg was the youngest when the show started. He paid his dues and is so excited to be called in to fill in for the night shift supervisor because this is something that Greg has always aspired to. I think now that Greg\u2019s had a taste of it, he\u2019s learning how he will be in this new tradition and how he can best serve the cast in the show to be the best they can be.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-labelledby=\"related-link\" class=\"inline-related-link\">\n\t\t<span id=\"related-link\" class=\"screen-reader-only\">Related Link<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-related-link__text\">\n\t\t\t<strong>Related:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/shadow-and-bone-season-3-5052619\/?utm_source=related-link&amp;utm_pageType=article-with-linked-gallery\" data-analytics-trigger=\"inline-related-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\u2018Shadow &amp; Bone\u2019 Season 3: Everything We Know So Far\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-9\">Eric admitted that the costume designer who labored on the unique present instructed him that \u201cthey were looking\u201d for Greg\u2019s vest earlier than his look. \u201cI told her that she was going to have a hard time finding it because I had it. I did bring it to set to show her, but they ended up going with one of their own. I think they did use my badge from the vest,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5072968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5072968\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CSI-Eric-Szmanda-embed-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5072968\" src=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/CSI-Eric-Szmanda-embed-2.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Szmanda\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5072968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric Szmanda with Paula Newsome. (CBS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-10\">Greg talked about in his first episode again that he\u2019s writing a e-book. When requested what the e-book is about, Eric cryptically responded, \u201cI think that it\u2019s better to be mysterious and leave people wanting more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-11\">Eric starred within the authentic <em>CSI<\/em> from the present\u2019s starting in 2000 to its finish in 2015. Since then, he\u2019s been staying busy. He produced a documentary referred to as<em> P.S. Burn This Letter Please<\/em>. \u201cIt experienced a lot of success at the festivals and is available to stream on iTunes and Amazon,\u201d Eric mentioned. \u201cThat was my first foray as an executive producer, and I\u2019m just so proud of this film. Everybody who was involved with it did an incredible job telling this story, and I hope to do more producing. I have a few other projects in the works. One is a play. Another is a film script a couple of my friends wrote that I would like to produce and star in. Another one is a magazine article I\u2019d like to adapt into a limited series and hopefully play a role in.\u201d <em>CSI: Vegas<\/em> airs Wednesdays on CBS.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/newsletter-signup\/\" class=\"article__subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"click\">Click to Subscribe to Get Our Free HollywoodLife Daily Newsletter<\/span> to get the most well liked celeb information.<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] View gallery Image Credit: CBS Maxine knew she might name Greg Sanders for assist when she wanted it. Eric Szmanda\u2019s fan-favorite CSI character made his first look on CSI: Vegas through the March 30 episode as Greg stepped in as an evening shift supervisor. 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