Can you Blue Bloods – Crime Scene New York-Imagine star Tom Selleck without a mustache? No? We neither. However, this almost became a reality for the iconic crime series. As Tom Selleck revealed in an interview, the actor considered shaving off his iconic trademark around 14 years ago before the series started.
Tom Selleck wanted to shave his beard for Blue Bloods
Tom Selleck explained to People that he was fully prepared for his role as New York Police Chief Frank Reagan and wanted to embody the character as authentically as possible:
At the time they had [Frank Reagan] as New York City Police Chief. The way this is set up, this isn’t the top boss in New York. And I said ‘I don’t think they’re allowed to have moustaches, so I’m going to shave mine off.’
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Tom Selleck in Blue Bloods
Before Tom Selleck could carry out this fatal act, executive producer Leonard Goldberg intervened and consulted with Blue Bloods parent network CBS. The answer was clear: “And they said no.”
Tom Selleck’s mustache became a trademark for the Blue Bloods star
Tom Selleck also told People that his mustache grew over the course of his acting career establish first had to. At the beginning of his career he was often asked to shave his beard for a role:
I got used to shaving it off for those early roles. And then it was kind of okay.
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Tom Selleck in In & Out
While Selleck’s beard is an integral part of iconic series like Magnum or film classics like Three Men, Another Baby, he actually had to get rid of his trademark in 1997 for the film In & Out directed by Frank Oz:
[Frank Oz] said to the hairdresser: ‘Would you trim your mustache?’ I was like, ‘Sure.’ And then he said, ‘A little more than that.’ And then he was like, ‘Well, would you shave it all off?’ And I was like, ‘Sure.’