Mulroney has clearly made an impact on the Chicago franchise, despite having joined the long-running show not too long ago. He spoke about how it’s bled into his real life in funny and interesting ways. “People, like in an airport or something, call me ‘Chief’ now, calling me the name of the character. So we must be doing something right!” said Mulroney enthusiastically. “I’m so, so proud to join them.” Mulroney noted how joining a TV series has become a great move for actors these days:
“Harrison Ford spoke to it, you know, he’s never been on a regular series, I think, until… Shrinking. And he was basically saying, ‘Folks, this is way different because people see you each week.’ And he’s being approached a different way, after all those years of being in cinema, film. Yeah, I really understood when he was speaking about, how it’s different, how people come to him. And he was speaking as gratefully as I feel.”
Mulroney also shared his thoughts about the future of his character and weighed in on whether he’d like to continue with the series. “I have no idea the story, what’s happening next. I’m only about an episode ahead of what’s being shown on TV,” he said. “Like, the time is compressed, but it’s such a wonderful job, of course. So I’d say yes — the answer is, I hope [to continue], but I do not have any inside line on that.”