How LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell Helped Create ‘Come Dance With Me’ While on the ‘NCIS: LA’ Set (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeChris O’Donnell was on set at “NCIS: Los Angeles,” checking his emails, when co-star LL Cool J started looking over his shoulder.
O’Donnell happened to be reading about a reality TV idea that his buddy Reinout Oerlemans had just pitched.The concept is what would become “Come Dance With Me,” a new family-oriented dance competition that premieres April 15 on CBS.
But at that moment, O’Donnell wasn’t quite sure he was up for working on a competition show.“[LL] says, ‘What are you looking at?’” O’Donnell recalled. “I told him it was my friend’s idea for a new show.
He goes, ‘I think that thing’s hot! You should do it. This is up your alley.’ And then he was like, ‘I’ll do it if you do it!’” O’Donnell replied to Oerlemans: “So good news, not only will I do it, but my buddy Todd will do it too!”That’s the quick explainer on how the two stars of “NCIS: LA” wound up partnering with 3 Ball Productions to create “Come Dance With Me,” which follows talented young dancers who partner with an untrained family member to perform together and compete for a prize.Teams will learn different dance routines, including hip hop, ballroom, contemporary and theatrical, and receive scores from the judges that determine whether they’ll continue.
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