Kiefer Sutherland has discussed returning to his character Jack Bauer in upcoming limited series 24: Live Another Day.
The actor, who last appeared in the role four years ago, admitted that portraying the agent in the show’s latest run has been harder than ever before.
Sutherland said that Bauer’s diminished trust since viewers last saw him makes the character more complex.
He told The TV Page: “He has very much been operating on his own so he does not have the same kind of loyalty as a character that he might have in the previous eight seasons, certainly with regards to Chloe.
“I think he has had enough bad things happen to him that he really doesn’t trust anybody. And so I think he is even harder a character now than he ever was. Trust me, in the last few seasons of 24 he was a very hard guy [to play] but he is even harder now.”
The 47-year-old also discussed the physical training regime he undertook to get into shape to reprise his role as the CTU agent-turned-fugitive.
“I started training five months ago,” he said. “I do a run every day, lighter weights, heavy repetitions… Everything I can for endurance. Because it is a grinding show and I am not getting younger.”
Sutherland described the opportunity he has been given to return to Jack Bauer as “very exciting and very special and now very nerve-wracking”.
He added: “It will be something I will be associated with for the rest of my life and I am very proud of that.”
Sutherland also gave some insight into Bauer’s movements over the last four years, saying: “He has been underground, hiding and had kind of accepted the fact that that was going to be the rest of his life. And he intercepted some intelligence that puts him in motion for this season.”
Source: Digital Spy
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