"Magnum P.I." star Jay Hernandez on why he is not going to grow a mustache

Jay Hernandez, star of the new "Magnum P.I." restart on CBS, says the new series will remain true to its roots in many ways, but fans will not see the actor in a mustache anytime soon. He told Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers of CBSN, "Tom Selleck told the character – it was not so .. I felt like no one who would come and try to do the mustache "It was going to be a swing and a mess, because Tom owned it and it was his."

Hernandez said the show takes a lot of landmarks from the original series, the new "P.I. Magnum" will be rich in exciting elements that will separate him from the success of the 80's. Hernandez, who plays Thomas Magnum, explained: "Magnum is still a veteran of the war, always a former Navy SEAL.He still lives on the Robin Masters estate and drove a red Ferrari, so there are many things in the original show, re fans of the original show that you will respect and love, but there are some changes.Higgins is now played by Perdita Weeks … which adds a fun dynamic that did not exist in the original heart, comedy – there is a little bit of everything.

The new "Magnum P.I." Magnum follows after returning from Afghanistan while he establishes his new life as a private investigator in Hawaii.

Hernandez said that he and his mother were both big fans of the original show, although it seems that his mother is at least as much a fan of Tom Selleck.

"She was more than happy," he said of the moment his mother learned that he would play in "Magnum P.I." "She was so excited and she asked me when she would meet Tom Selleck." Hernandez laughed, pointing out that Selleck had nothing to do with the restart.

Hernandez said he was also delighted to represent the Latin American community in a positive light on television. A recent study showed that half of Latino men on television were engaged in criminal activity.

"I think it's great, smart and somehow necessary to do something like that and have someone there that will broadcast positive images on TV," he said. -he declares. "Even if it 's a subconscious absorbing something different, another idea of ​​what it is to be Hispanic or something a little different or otherwise. I am very excited and happy that people can have it now and I can add to the picture of what people carry in terms of what they think or perceive Hispanics. "

"Magnum P.I." preview on CBS Monday at 21h ET / PT and online on CBS All Access.