Ravi Pannikar has returned to 9-1-1 and viewers noticed a unique, extra assured Ravi than we now have been used to seeing on display screen.
“He has grown a lot, there’s a confidence in him now that we did not see in earlier seasons,” Anirudh Pisharody tells HELLO!.
“There was a development as a result of over the course of the job it has taken a toll on him, these trials and tribulations, and now he’s at that place the place to him he has a clearer imaginative and prescient of what he needs to do.”
© DisneyRavi’s return to the A-squad at Firehouse 118 comes after Eddie Diaz left the division to return to Texas. His departure nonetheless has the 118 reeling although, with Captain Bobby Nash (Peter Krause) instinctively calling out for “Buck and Eddie” throughout emergencies, and Buck (Oliver Stark) utilizing Ravi as his new pal to fill the outlet in his life that Eddie has left.
“Ravi has at all times considered Buck as an enormous brother, and when Buck asks him to hang around, it is like, ‘Is that this for actual? Prefer it’s really taking place?'” laughs Anirudh.
“However due to Ravi’s development, the blinders are off, and Buck is just not that enjoyable! After which Ravi realizes that at that second, Buck simply must get laid.”
© DisneyThat realization comes as Ravi stumble upon Tommy, Buck’s ex-boyfriend, and he leaves Tommy and Buck to rekindle their romance for one night time at the very least.
However the next morning, Tommy calls out Eddie’s place in Buck’s life and potential romantic emotions Buck might have for his finest pal– marking the primary time within the present’s historical past that the pair’s connection has been explicitly acknowledged out loud by a personality.
If the connection between Buck and Eddie had been to occur, Anirudh – and Ravi – could be all for it.
© Disney“Love is love, and he’d be joyful for them,” says Anirudh.
“Though I am unsure how it could work within the firehouse. Is that allowed? However possibly Ravi might officiate the marriage – or be the flower boy.”
© DisneyRavi might be in a number of upcoming episodes and Anirudh reveals that we’ll get much more Ravi backstory.
“We’re going to get some explosive moments, pun supposed, and we’ll actually discover out extra about how he has grown and altered,” says Anirudh.
“He has positively change into somebody who’s now prepared to take the lead and is able to put himself on the road, and be reliable. I feel you may get an opportunity to see that within the coming episodes, and see issues that I feel you wouldn’t anticipate from Ravi.”
© DisneyRavi was first launched in season 4 and though he has solely appeared sporadically within the 4 seasons since, he’s now a fan favourite, and has change into a fully-formed character with a canonical backstory that features a childhood most cancers analysis, a love of frisbee golf, and being a landlord.
Anirudh credit that to the writers who he says “positively pull issues from our private lives from conversations we have had with them,” inserting a bit of little bit of Anirudh into Ravi.
© Disney“They’re at all times in tune to what is going on on with everybody,” he provides.
For Anirudh, a working actor in Los Angeles, 9-1-1 is a dream position, and he would like to see Ravi change into a full-time member of the 118.
© Disney“9-1-1 is each actor’s dream, it is a household right here, and I’m blessed this has been my first expertise,” he says.
“I’ve been on different units the place everybody’s pleasant however I’ve by no means felt the sensation of household like I do on 9-1-1 regardless that I’m not right here on a regular basis. Angela [Bassett] and Peter, they’re as prepared to do one thing as quantity 300 on the decision sheet as primary, and I feel that sort of tradition is diamond within the tough, particularly in Hollywood at the moment.”
If he had been to change into a full-time member of the 118 what would he prefer to see? “Ravi and Athena, fixing a homicide thriller collectively”.
