The cancellation of his television success “Shades of Blue” shocked Ray Liotta, since co-star and producer Jennifer Lopez had been contemplating continuing the series with a new leading lady.
Since its debut in 2016, the singer/actress has played Investigator Harlee Santos on the police procedural, but in April, network bosses at NBC revealed that their last will be the coming third season.
Jennifer, who also produces the series as an executive, later confirmed that she took the impossible choice to finish the show on a high because she is itching to “move on” to new ventures.
It suggests, though, that Liotta has not been held up-to-date on the future of the show since he just recently discovered that there will be no season four.
“We didn’t know we got cancelled until, like, a couple weeks ago,” he said on breakfast show “Today” on Friday, June 15.
“What usually happened is the show would go on air and… they (network bosses) would wait to see what the ratings are, they like the ratings, then we’re good again, but I’m not sure what happened here.”
Liotta admits that J.Lo, who has been balancing “Shades of Blue” with her Las Vegas concert residency, her reality show “World of Dance” and her music and modeling endeavors, has been dreaming about quitting the show as an actor and requesting writers to introduce a new role to lead the cast.
Ray explained, “Her schedule is so crazy, but she was hip to bringing someone else in, keep the show going,” “They (Lopez and her business partners) are producers of it, so it’s still a win-win.”
Liotta is sad to be saying goodbye to his juicy appearance as Matt Wozniak, a gay crooked policeman, but he would not regret getting to exchange kissing scenes of the same sex.