Michael Cudlitz Looks Back on "NYPD Blue"

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During his appearance as an Army vet hiding a big secret, “I had this wonderful scene with Jimmy Smits, where I was mouthing off to him,” Cudlitz says.

The script called for Smits’ Det. Simone to get physical with Cudlitz’s character, causing him to tip his chair over and hit the floor. And when they couldn’t nail the shot, Cudlitz recalls Smits worrying that it was going to cause his scene partner real damage.

But Cudlitz happily convinced Smits to press on. “So we go through the next take, and he winds up, and he smacked the s—t out of me!” he says, laughing. “He damn near took my head off — and it looked amazing.”

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