Max Thieriot Says Balancing ‘SEAL Team’ & ‘Fire Country’ Is A “Juggle” But “I Can Keep Up”

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Max Thieriot, star of both Paramount+’s SEAL Team and CBS freshman drama series Fire Country, has opened up about the challenges of filming two high-profile series at the same time.Deadline revealed in May that Thieriot would pull double duty by returning to SEAL Team, while also starring in Fire Country, after it was picked up to series, with the latter being a passion project for him.“It’s obviously a juggle, but thankfully, we started SEAL Team season six before we started shooting episode two of Fire Country, so I was able to work it right into the gap in between,” he said at CBS’ virtual TCA press day.“It’s been crazy, but life’s crazy.

I got a couple of kids to throw in there and moving around up to Vancouver to shoot a TV show. But I’m young, and I can keep up.

I like staying busy, so it works for me,” he added.When Thieriot closed a deal to headline the Fire Country pilot in February, Paramount+ had just renewed SEAL Team for Season 6.

At the time, Thieriot was the only main cast member who did not have a modified-for-streaming season six deal, and his existing option had not been picked up by CBS Studios yet as everyone was waiting to see what happened with Fire Country, which is set in Northern California, where Thieriot grew up in Occidental.Subsequently, Thieriot closed a deal for season six of SEAL Team, which started production ahead of shooting the first season of Fire Country.