Colin Hanks on "The Good Guys": "Jack Is Very Much Trying to Make the World Less Crazy"

Colin Hanks — son of Oscar winner Tom Hanks and a veteran of Mad Men, Band of Brothers, King Kong, and Oliver Stone's W — told Premier Guide Miami's Daedrian McNaughton what drew him to play Detective Jack Bailey in FOX's new cop action comedy "The Good Guys," premiering Friday, September 24, 2010. Premier Guide Miami sat down to find out what that means — and what comes next.

Colin Hanks is definitely not living in the shadow of his father, Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks. Colin has secured himself a place among Hollywood's leading men with roles on Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning television series "Mad Men," and a strong list of film credits including "King Kong," "Orange County," "Get Over It," Oliver Stone's biopic "W," "The House Bunny," "Untraceable," "The Great Buck Howard," and Steven Spielberg's award-winning 10-part miniseries "Band of Brothers."

This fall, Colin stars in the FOX new cop action comedy "The Good Guys," playing Detective Jack Bailey — Bradley Whitford's new partner. Jack is an ambitious, by-the-book, and overall good detective, but sometimes a bit too snarky for his own good. The series premiered Friday, September 24, 2010, on FOX.

Colin Hanks on what attracted him to play the role of Jack Bailey:

"I like that he was a character that talked back. He wasn't a passive character that was constantly exasperated by crazy people, zany people. So much of comedy ends up being one guy who's really over the top and then the other guy that simply reacts to the zany guy. This was an open relationship."

"Jack is a character that talks back to Dan and lets Dan know how he's feeling and comments on Dan's stupid ideas and perceptions of the world. He's active in expressing himself — it's not just 'why is the world so crazy.' Jack is very much trying to make the world less crazy, while also maybe sometimes showing little bits of his crazier side. Jack seemed like a well-rounded character in comparison to a lot of other stuff that was available to me."

"Also, it was a character that was going to evolve. I could see where things would sort of go, and we have some options in terms of Jack evolving and changing and his relationships changing."

In the fall premiere episode "Vacation," when Jack and Dan's reckless police work gets them suspended, Dan borrows money from the Narcotics Division to set up an off-the-books sting operation. The unauthorized detective work inadvertently finances a prison break, which Jack and Dan must stop before the prisoner escapes and the department finds out. TNA Wrestling Superstar Matt Morgan guest-stars.

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