‘Criminal Minds’ Veteran Josh Stewart Says He Won’t Be Returning For The Upcoming Season Of ‘Evolution’
deadline.comCriminal Minds: Evolution fans apparently will be saying goodbye to longtime cast member Josh Stewart. The actor today posted on X (fka Twitter) that “sadly, my days of playing Will LaMontagne Jr.
are over,” adding “You guys have been the absolute best.” Stewart first appeared as a recurring on the original CBS drama Criminal Minds in Season 2 as NOPD detective William LaMontagne Jr.
He went on to appear on at least one episode each season. In the two-part season 7 finale, Will wed Special Agent J.J. Moreau, played by A.J.
Cook. He appeared in nine out of ten episodes in Evolution’s first season, revealing to J.J. at one point that he was concerned he had cancer. “It’s based on a true-life illness that we wanted to honor,” showrunner Erica Messer told Deadline’s sister pub TVLine in a previous interview. “We wanted to plant that seed now.” She went on to say, fortunately Will just had an inflamed thyroid, so “next [season], hopefully, he’s going to be OK,” Messer said. “But” — and that but looms very large now — “he’s not necessarily out of the woods forever.” Evolution‘s second season is set to premiere this year.
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