Will Estes explains what the new job for Jamie means

Jamie's occupies a new position at work in Blue blood Season 9. He passes the Sergeant's Test and gets a promotion that gives Will Estes a chance to play a new aspect of his character.

"He started very well as a rookie," said the actor Newsweek. "He is a veteran who has just become a sergeant. I put myself in the place of my sergeant instructor and I am now responsible for other police officers. I am a little taller on the scale and I am responsible for other police officers and I play a leadership role. "

"I've heard that one day, the policeman on the street is the only post that places you in a place conducive to crime prevention. Everything else becomes the criminal who did it, "he continued. "Jamie was reluctant to give up. He had heard his father, Frank Reagan, say, "If I had to start all over again, I would be exactly where you are." He might have wanted to say that in a sentimental way, but I think that's what he's saying. is something that Jamie has taken to heart, for better or for worse. "

Estes likes to play this new side of his character. "On an hour-long drama, one of the biggest challenges is evolution," he explained. The real police officers who serve as technical advisers "kicked me when I arrived on the plateau in Sergeant uniform," he said. "They said," You look like a sergeant, "so, if they like it, it's one of the biggest compliments."

This is a big step forward compared to Jamie's viewers met at the premiere of the series. Although he went to law school to get a degree and that he did not become a policeman "at the request of his mother," Estes recalls, he decided "to become a police officer in the street and follow in the footsteps of his father, his eldest. brothers and even his grandfather. "

"He started with stars in his eyes and was really a rookie," he continued. "Even though he's from a family of police, there's a big difference between hearing stories around the table and being a policeman on the street."

Above, Jamie (Will Estes) and Eddie (Vanessa Ray) are featured in the premiere of "Blue Bloods", season 9, on CBS. The two wanted to keep driving together after getting engaged. Richard Boeth / CBS

This promotion means he is no longer a partner of Eddie (Vanessa Ray), his fiancée. "Vanessa and I are discovering how to play with people who are in a relationship and not partners because we want to be in a relationship," said Estes. It is not written anywhere that partners can not be romantically involved, but senior officers would not allow it.

Blue blood Season 9 is broadcast on Fridays at 10 pm ET on CBS.