Walking onto the set ofPrison Breakis like stepping into a war zone.
A thick layer of dirt covers the rocky pavement of the yard.
And business, as they say, is booming.
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But how did Michael find himself in aMidnight Express-esque hellscape instead of six feet under?
We started chatting and reminiscing, Miller says.
Out of that back-and-forth came this idea: What if we revisited Michael and Lincoln fromPrison Break?
Would Fox even be interested?
It turns out they were.
The timing was fortuitous as Fox was already working on reboots forThe X-Filesand24.
He said he wanted to inhabit it for a few more episodes.
Its ultimately a story about somebody coming back to life, Scheuring says.
[I thought] Hey, wait, isnt thatThe Odyssey?'
While reuniting thePrison Breakteam wasnt met withOdyssey-level obstacles, there was certainly trepidation among the cast.
Callies says she was probably the last actor to sign on.
My first thought was, it better be good.
Miller concurs: My only hesitation was if were going to do this, lets do it right.
There are so many fans out there who have such an appreciation for the original.
If were going to try and add to the existing mythology, it had better hold up.
It was an emotional day.
Our director came up to me and was like, You have to stop crying.
Sara is not losing her s in this moment.
I was like, Okay, Im trying.
This is actually not an acting choice.'
My head can take anything, the 46-year-old says in his gravelly tone.
I may be a genetic freak, I suppose, he says.
I dodged a lot of bullets that day.
Two weeks later he was back at work.
In the intervening time, however, I was just pissed, Purcell says.
In this prison break, its Lincoln Burrows who has to step up in a major way.
Theyll kill anybody that finds out.
Without the guiding force and conscience of his brother, Lincoln has lost his way.
Theres a resentment, but overwhelming joy that his brothers alive, Purcell says.
Thats especially true for Michael, who is not the same man we remember, either.
Hes walked a dark road, Miller says.
He is tortured by some of the things that hes seen and that hes participated in.
But the viewing pleasure will certainly be deepened if youre familiar with the [original].
I feel like theres more story there, and now were talking about multiple generations, Miller pitches.
Breaking my grandkid out of prison one last break!
