‘You Just Love The Guy’: Prime Video’s Countdown Boss Talks Casting That Beloved Actor (And Then Immediately Killing Them Off)

‘You Just Love The Guy’: Prime Video’s Countdown Boss Talks Casting That Beloved Actor (And Then Immediately Killing Them Off)

Spoilers forward for the sequence premiere of Countdown, out there streaming now with a Prime Video subscription.

Countdown arrived on Prime Video within the 2025 TV schedule for viewers who had each motive to anticipate an action-packed new drama centered on fan-favorites Jensen Ackles and Eric Dane. So, the looks of none aside from This Is Us‘ Milo Ventimiglia undoubtedly got here as a shock, after creator Derek Haas managed to maintain his function a secret. However mere minutes after Ventimiglia debuted as Homeland Safety Agent Robert Darden, he was murdered, and that was that! Haas spoke with CinemaBlend about why he forged a beloved actor for such a fast and tragic function.