‘Criminal Minds’ Vet Joe Mantegna Reveals David Rossi’s ‘Not Doing All That Great’ In Revival (Exclusive)

You asked and the Criminal Minds squad delivered. The BAU unit members are backmost for a captivating and downright terrifying caller formed successful Criminal Minds: Evolution, which premieres November 24 connected Paramount+. HollywoodLife spoke EXCLUSIVELY with Joe Mantegna astir the caller David Rossi we’ll conscionable erstwhile Criminal Minds: Evolution begins.

Joe Mantegna arsenic David Rossi. (Paramount+)

“Well, it starts off, Dave’s not doing each that great, and I deliberation radical volition observe that,” Joe said. “My motto is, everybody has a story. Nobody gets a escaped ride. And this is my story, Dave’s story, and I’m not getting a escaped thrust here. And that’s okay. It’s good to autumn down agelong arsenic you get backmost up, truthful we’ll spot that. The show’s called Criminal Minds: Evolution. I deliberation it’s each portion of that evolution. So I deliberation it’s apropos that not everything is hunky dory erstwhile we travel backmost aft this lack of time, and things person happened. Both bully and atrocious people’s lives, and it’s small antithetic for our radical here, but it’s okay. That’s portion of bully storytelling, wherever you instrumentality it from there.”

The FBI’s transgression profilers person to look their top menace yet, an UnSub who has utilized the pandemic to physique a web of serial killers. The archetypal bid aired for 15 seasons and came to an end successful February 2020. Joe admitted that helium wasn’t acceptable to fto spell of David Rossi, and he’s excited to tackle this caller chapter.

“I deliberation anytime would person been the close time, arsenic acold arsenic I was concerned,” Joe told HollywoodLife astir bringing backmost the show. “I mean, they could person picked it up a week aft we left… and it would person been alright with me. But I deliberation what’s bully is I deliberation we’re going to admit the information that that clip has transpired, truthful we don’t discount that. We don’t disregard that. I deliberation it makes for absorbing storylines.”

The archetypal bid aired connected CBS, but the revival has been moved to Paramount+. Joe noted that Criminal Minds: Evolution volition propulsion the envelope adjacent further than the archetypal show. “We tin and we do. I deliberation it’s owed time,” helium said.

Joe Mantegna is backmost for ‘Criminal Minds: Evolution.’ (Paramount+)

Joe continued, “Our amusement ever utilized to propulsion the envelope beauteous bully anyway. But I ever clasp that due to the fact that my feeling was, that’s the reality. To bash little than that would beryllium lying to the nationalist and saying, well, this occupation that they do, it’s truly not that bad. It’s not that weird. It’s not that disturbing. No, I’m sorry. It is and tin be. It was ever important for america and me, personally, to say, convey God, we person the radical who bash this occupation due to the fact that this is what tin happen, and this is what they person to woody with. So now, I’m doing this connected a streaming platform. I deliberation we’re capable to adjacent amusement adjacent much that world and that humanistic broadside of that we’re conscionable radical and that things get said and things get done. That’s life.”

Joe is joined by chap archetypal formed members A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster. Zach Gilford joins the formed arsenic a recurring impermanent prima successful a season-long arc. The 10-episode play volition premiere with 2 episodes connected Thanksgiving Day, exclusively connected Paramount+. Following the premiere, caller episodes volition driblet play connected Thursdays connected Paramount+, with a midseason finale connected December 15. The amusement volition past instrumentality connected January 12 with all-new episodes.