Hawaii Five-O To Add New Series Regular

Oh, casting carousel, how you constantly spin.

My good friend Kate Stanhope at TV Guide is reporting that a casting call has gone out for a new series regular to join the existing foursome of Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park. Kate tells us that “According to the official casting call, the character will be somewhere in his or her late 20s to early 30s, a wise-cracking, multilingual Asia expert recruited into the CIA right out of Harvard. The new addition also has a deep-rooted connection to McGarrett, having taken a bullet for him years ago. And it’s still there, lodged next to the spine.”

They’re looking for the character to debut in the seventeenth episode this season (to give you an idea, episode ten aired last week – the show was in a rerun this week).

I find it kind of amusing that the show isn’t out of the first season yet and they’re already adding regulars, but for me, it’s going to come down to who they cast in the role. The description doesn’t move me either way, so I’ll be waiting to see who brings it to life and what they do with it before I pass judgment. Hopefully, this new regular will see more screen time than Taryn Manning, who’s been sitting on the sidelines for the most part since making her much-hyped debut as Steve’s sister Mary Ann. Manning hasn’t been seen since Mary Ann walked into Steve’s girlfriend(?) Cat Rollins (Michelle Borth) a few episodes back.

What do you think? Ready for the Five-O team to literally become five?

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Addendum: Movieline has confirmed the ex-fiancee character is named Malia, and she’s being played by Reiko Aylesworth from 24.

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  1. Guess it will depend on the actor they cast and what they did with it. Right now the cast gels fantastic, a bunch of great actors, so I don’t think it will hurt to add more characters, don’t see where it was necessary this quick, but hey, its their show. Just hope they don’t mess up perfection, which in my opion, this show is!

  2. I agree. I think a lot of times they do it to get more press and have something that they can hype, but the series is doing so well as is I don’t really see it as necessary either.

  3. Just added an addendum to the story. Movieline has confirmed the ex-fiancee character is named Malia, and she’s being played by Reiko Aylesworth from 24.

  4. The CIA connection should be female. Won’t threaten the chemistry with McG and Danno. And a female that took a bullet for McG? OH YEAH!