Grimm Q&A: Reggie Lee Talks Sgt. Wu’s Future, His Love Life, the Royal Baby, and More
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Sgt. Wu is one of the few characters on “Grimm” unaware that Wesen exist. This past Friday he got the shock of his life when his friend’s unborn baby was almost eaten by one. Actor Reggie Lee sat down for a Q&A about where that leaves him now.
Q: What about Sergeant Wu’s future? And will we find out more about Wu’s personal life?
Reggie Lee: We’re shooting Episode 19. You’ve seen 14, but he’s a sharp guy and the writers are smart. So it’s like there are little hints here and there that are kind of funny that you’ll see.
And yes, this effect on me lingers. It’ll linger for quite a bit. And it’ll probably linger through the rest of the season. But he’s a sharp guy, so there’s some real wonderful moments here and there as we go through the season that he’s like, “Hmmm. Hmmm. What are you doing here? Why are you spending so much time with this person? I have no idea why, but something – there’s something here.” So I just laugh at those moments in the script because I’m like, wow… for you guys that follow the show on a very close basis, it’s going to be a treat. It’s a treat to see these little moments that Wu has through the season. So yes, there will be more things.
Q: So in this episode it seems like Wu had a crush on the woman who’s married, but obviously that’s not going to work. So is there anything else maybe coming up for him? A different romantic interest or anything like that? And would you want that for him?
Reggie Lee: Of course I want that for him. Of course… people always ask me kind of like what I’d love to do in the future, and that’s actually on my bucket list of things that I want to have in my career. You know, something on screen like that — kind of a love interest in one way or another. I think that you may see it. I think again, we all have our lanes on the show. There’s a certain lane that we’re in, and I think that the balance of… for me at least… I think there needs to be a balance on the show of couples and people that are not coupled. Like people that know and people that don’t know [about Nick].
So how they keep that balance, I don’t know. You know, how they want to keep that balance, I don’t know. I know they’ve said [they] like that he’s a single guy. [They] like that. So there may be that, but it’s got to be – it’s inevitable, you know, for the future that something like that will happen. So we’re hoping for it, but they do like that balance.
That’s so vague, the answer that I just gave you… But it’s something that I want. So depending on what – if they want to tip the scales, they will. And they’re not afraid to; they’re not afraid to. But I really enjoyed this episode… this back story of having feelings for this girl and seeing if I still have them, if I didn’t have them… I loved it so much. I loved experiencing that again within the show.
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Q: Obviously you can’t say whether or not he is going to find out what’s going on or how that’s going to end, but can you just talk about if he does find out that there’s this secret world of Wesen, how do you think that will affect him, change him, as a character?
Reggie Lee: The way… the way that it’s affected me initially is because it’s something that I had heard of before. So it’s very different from anyone else’s reaction because I think it’s… certainly things that they hadn’t heard about before, but they’re seeing. This is – it’s so incredibly — in the Philippines — realistic. I mean, you know, it’s an island country so it’s very… people don’t have a lot to do so they get really, really entrenched in these stories and believe them.
So in the outcome that it has on me, I think it’ll linger quite a bit before I start to kind of not want to or want to figure it out for myself. But the effect of it being humongous for me. I think that’s going to have to subside before I decide one way or the other. And you’ll be surprised I think at which person in the cast sways me to one way or the other because it’s not one that you’d expect. And that’s to come.
Q: This royal baby is now in the picture. How is that going to change the landscape for everyone involved?
Reggie Lee: It’s going to be complete chaos… I think you can expect complete chaos to ensue. So it’s been forthcoming this entire season. And people have been expecting it… and it’s interesting because it’s such a part of a world that I’m not privy to, but privy to only in that I read them in my scripts… the things that I’ve read have really been fantastic in terms of the way this baby is used to sway emotion in so many different people. And it’ll hit probably almost every single cast member, this baby. So it’s pretty great.
Q: Including Wu?
Reggie Lee: Possibly.
Q: How many more years, decades, would you like to see “Grimm” go?
Reggie Lee: Oh, boy… listen, I think that there’s always kind of a certain season life to a show… well, there are shows like “Law & Order” that go on forever. I really think the show could go on for a long time. If you can get to Season 13 of a show… I think the show could go there… it would just be up to the showrunners to see if they would want it. There’s things like “Lost,” you know, that have a definite ending. You’ve got to end that show at some point. But with this show I think there’s so many more creatures in Portland… so many more… that I think it could go on forever.
Our thanks to Reggie for his time, moderator Akiva Griffith, and everyone at NBC Universal Television.
“Grimm” Episode 3.15 – “Once We Were Gods” (airs 3/14/14; 9-10PM)
AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MYSTERY CAUSES CHAOS IN PORTLAND — Nick (David Giuntoli) and Hank (Russell Hornsby) find themselves thrown into the middle of an ancient battle, and things heat up when the Wesen Council decides to get involved.
Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell) and Rosalee (Bree Turner) fill everyone in on early Wesen history.
Meanwhile, Sgt. Wu (Reggie Lee) is still reeling from the events he recently experienced.
As things heat up in Europe, one of the Resistance’s most trusted allies gets compromised as he tries to protect Adalind (Claire Coffee). Bitsie Tulloch and Sasha Roiz also star; Anne Dudek and Richard Lee Jackson guest star.
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