NEW YORK, May 3 (UPI) -- Ghostbusters, Oz and The Crow legend Ernie Hudson says he may be 80, but he still wants to do his own stunts when possible on the Blue Bloods spin-off, Boston Blue.
"I loved when I got the chance to throw a punch in the show. They brought a stunt guy in and I'm like, 'Why is he here?' And they said, 'Because you have to throw the punch.' I was like: 'Guys, I think I can do that. I'm not THAT old,'" Hudson told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"Throughout my 60 years acting, I've always believed that you can't wait to get ready. You always have to sort of stay ready and stay in some kind of shape," he said.
"You'll be on a show and all of a sudden, 'Well, Ernie, we only want you to run a mile.' And you go, 'Oh, God, am I going to be able to do what I'm asked to do?' So, for that reason, I've never allowed myself to really put on a lot of weight or take off a lot of weight. I've always tried to be ready. But, definitely, I can throw a punch."
Hudson plays the Rev. Edwin Peters, the patriarch of a close-knit family of law-enforcement officers and politicians, on the CBS procedural Boston Blue, co-starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Gloria Rueben and Donnie Wahlberg.
