We, the Knights and Ladies of the Criminal Minds Round Table blog want to wish a very happy birthday to Criminal Minds' star AJ Cook!
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 11 - 1101. The Job - TVGuide Exclusive: Introducing JJ's New Baby!
by Joyce Eng
The BAU's newest member is pretty adorable.
JJ will only make a cameo in the Season 11 premiere of Criminal Minds, as A.J. Cook is on maternity leave, but she brought along a very special guest: her new baby boy!
"You'll get to meet A.J.'s real little baby, Phoenix. Like what she did with Mekhai [playing JJ's first son Henry], she's having her actual child play JJ's child," executive producer Erica Messer tells TVGuide.com. "His name is...
To Learn His Name and See More Photos: TVGuide.com
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 11 - Happy Birthday AJ Cook!
We, the Knights and Ladies of the Criminal Minds Round Table blog want to wish a very happy birthday to Criminal Minds' star AJ Cook!
Monday, January 12, 2015
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - AJ Cook Talks To TVFanatic - Interview
I sat down with AJ Cook to discuss the elements of Criminal Minds Season 10 Episode 11, cults in general and the great relationship JJ has with Reid.
TV Fanatic: As much as you miss Oshawa because of the cold, you probably don't miss it so much this time of the year, do you?
AJ Cook: ...
To Read More: TVFanatic.com
Monday, September 29, 2014
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - CBS Live Chat with Joe Mantegna, AJ Cook & Erica Messer
Friday, September 26, 2014
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - AJ Cook Interview at "Home And Family" - Video
Thanks to the fan who has recorded this for us all.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - AJ Cook's Interview for Estrella TV - Video
Canal Estrella TV is a Spanish-language US broadcast TV network. Due to that fact, the interview is half in Spanish, half in English... meaning only AJ Cook speaks all the time in English, while the host does so mostly in Spanish. In any case, is a fun interview with a couple of hilarious moments that need no languages skills to enjoy fully.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - Happy Birthday, AJ Cook!
We, the Knights and Ladies of the Criminal Minds Round Table blog want to wish a very happy birthday to Criminal Minds' star AJ Cook!
Friday, July 18, 2014
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 - Television Critics Association Press Tour - Video Interviews
Note: This post will be updated if/when new videos with interviews show up.
Monday, June 9, 2014
CRIMINAL MINDS - AJ Cook at the 54th Monte-Carlo TV Festival - Interview
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While at the Monte Carlo Television Festival AJ Cook talked
about the evolution of her character, the 'bad dream' her firing was, and her
problem with reality TV.
The Criminal Minds adventure has been chaotic for AJ
Cook. Well known world wide for her role as Jennifer Jareau AKA JJ in the cop
show on CBS, she was fired at the end of Season 5. Then she was rehired
at the start of Season 7, and now she is getting ready to start Season 10.
She was at the Monte Carlo TV Festival to promote the series,
which TF1 is starting to air tonight the 9th season; the Canadian actress talks about
the ups and downs, the evolution of her character but also the darkness of the
series and the problems she does have with today's TV.
At the end of the 5th
season, you and Paget Brewster, the two principals actresses on the series, were
fired. Bellamy Young said this morning that female roles are sometimes used to
showcase the men in series. Did you have that sentiment at that time?
AJ Cook: All this story was so bizarre. It is almost
like a bad dream, as if I woke up and I was talking to you. It all seems like
so far away. Thank God the fans complained. That is what surprised me most,
more than getting fired. I don't think they did complain because they adored
JJ, or because they adored me, but because they didn't want to see the team
broken up. That is what makes the success of the series. And the people who
took that decision needed to understand this.
Does the fact that
the public was behind the character was beneficial in the short term? Is she
more interesting to play now?
AJ Cook:
I was never bored playing that role, but she is effectively
more richer now (NOTE : richer as
having more or being more interesting).
She does have more facets. I would not change anything if I could go
back. I do not live my life like that. I like to learn, and this situation did
teach me a lot. I needed to grow up, to open my eyes to certain things that I
didn't want to see but I was forced to see. It actually seems like a fiction and
like my character! But I have a huge amount of opportunities. No reason to complain.
«All our contracts comes to an end at the end of
season 10»
Overall, how did JJ
changed throughout the seasons?
AJ Cook: She never cease to change, and that is also the case in real
life. That's my case too. We grow up, we learn, we evolve. When we started JJ
was so young and so immature and so marked by all that was going on around her.
But even if she did change a lot, the heart of her personality didn't change;
she is still the one who still take care more of others than herself.
You still have lots
of years to your contract?
AJ Cook: All our contracts will end at the end of Season 10. It will
be very interesting to see what will happen (laugh!) Maybe it will be the last
one! But we are all back for Season 10. For Season 11, who knows what will
happen...!
How do you manage to
work on a series that is so dark? Is it easy to leave all this behind you when
you leave the set?
AJ Cook:
What is interesting is what we are often told, too violent,
too much visually. But we are on a Broadcaster (NOTE: CBS). We are
forbidden to show anything! I've come to the conclusion that is the 'Hitchcock
effect'. What we imagine is worse than
what we see on the television. This is why some take a step back. But I
sincerely think that it would be less critique if we could show it all. If we
were 'Dexter', that we would show the stabbings, the blood spatter... And I don't
think we have opened the road... Our series is in the end pretty moderated compared to
others. I hope it isn't our fault!
Why, Do you think
there are too much darkness on TV?
AJ Cook: I don't know, I do not watch enough to know! (Laughs). Is
that true? It is all dark?
We have the
impression that everything needs to be sexy, dark, edgy...
AJ Cook: This is more problematic for me, more than the darker
side. Our series talks about psychology, we try to understand why people are
the way they are. My problem is that TV teaches to our kids to wear hyper
short skirts, to being odious with friends... Reality TV gives me more trouble...
Source: Pure Media
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Monday, October 14, 2013
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 - A.J. Cook live Chat
Criminal Minds star A.J Cook will do a live chat on Wednesday, October 16, at noon PDT.
To Learn More: ExtraTV.com
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
SPOILER: AJ Cook Spills CRIMINAL MINDS Season 9 Secrets: 'JJ Is Not Who You Think She Is'
By Lindsay Lowe
The wait is almost over, Criminal Minds fans: Season 9 of CBS's hit police procedural premieres on Sept. 25, and the new season promises more drama than ever—both on and off the case—for the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit.
Rumors have been swirling about the mysterious relationship between JJ (AJ Cook) and the new Section Chief Matt Cruz (Esai Morales), and fans still have a lot of unanswered questions about JJ's history. “She's got this enigmatic past,” Cook told Parade.com. “She went away in season 6 and came back a different character. Season 9 is going to be answering what happened that year she was away.”
We chatted with Cook about what’s in store for JJ next season, and she gave us a sneak peek into the much-anticipated 200th episode (which she says will raise a lot of eyebrows)!
The actress also opened up about JJ's new “sarcastic” side, why she can't watch herself on TV, and being thankful for her loyal fans.
On how it feels to return for season 9 of Criminal Minds.
“I feel very fortunate. It seems like just yesterday we had our 100th episode, and here we are entering a season that's going to bring us to our 200th episode! So we're all just sort of shaking our heads right now. We've become a pretty tight-knit group—a family—over the years. We're lucky to be doing it with each other.”
On how her character JJ will evolve this season.
“Season 9 is shaping up to be the ‘JJ’ season, which I'm over the moon about, because there's a lot of mystery surrounding this character. She's got this enigmatic past, where we don't know much about her. She went away in season 6 and she came back a completely different character. Season 9 is going to be answering...
To Read More: Parade.com
The wait is almost over, Criminal Minds fans: Season 9 of CBS's hit police procedural premieres on Sept. 25, and the new season promises more drama than ever—both on and off the case—for the FBI's elite Behavioral Analysis Unit.
Rumors have been swirling about the mysterious relationship between JJ (AJ Cook) and the new Section Chief Matt Cruz (Esai Morales), and fans still have a lot of unanswered questions about JJ's history. “She's got this enigmatic past,” Cook told Parade.com. “She went away in season 6 and came back a different character. Season 9 is going to be answering what happened that year she was away.”
We chatted with Cook about what’s in store for JJ next season, and she gave us a sneak peek into the much-anticipated 200th episode (which she says will raise a lot of eyebrows)!
The actress also opened up about JJ's new “sarcastic” side, why she can't watch herself on TV, and being thankful for her loyal fans.
On how it feels to return for season 9 of Criminal Minds.
“I feel very fortunate. It seems like just yesterday we had our 100th episode, and here we are entering a season that's going to bring us to our 200th episode! So we're all just sort of shaking our heads right now. We've become a pretty tight-knit group—a family—over the years. We're lucky to be doing it with each other.”
On how her character JJ will evolve this season.
“Season 9 is shaping up to be the ‘JJ’ season, which I'm over the moon about, because there's a lot of mystery surrounding this character. She's got this enigmatic past, where we don't know much about her. She went away in season 6 and she came back a completely different character. Season 9 is going to be answering...
To Read More: Parade.com
Monday, July 22, 2013
Happy Birthday, AJ Cook!
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