Mika Amonsen which is called weathering the backlash after Boston Blue repeat Donnie Wahlberg‘s Blue Blood son the “most challenging” part of the gig.
“That initial pressure from the fans and making sure I represented Sean the way Andrew did [Terraciano] I can thank you, the fans can appreciate and understand that I wasn’t just going into this a long time ago or whatever I wanted [was hard],” Amonsen only said Us Weekly about playing Boston BlueVersion by Sean Reagan.
Amonsen was very grateful for the support he received.
“It’s been well restored and I’m happy about that. But I think that was the biggest challenge. Right now, I’m comfortable,” he said. “I don’t feel a lot of stress and pressure. Donnie has done a great job of making me feel very comfortable with everything that’s going on. The fans seem to enjoy it a lot, and I don’t feel as nervous as I felt going into it. It’s probably just a growing thing.”
Danny’s (Wahlberg) trip to New York was featured on CBS’ Blue Bloodwhich started in 2010 to 2024. The spinoff, which premiered in October 2025, begins with Danny visiting Boston after Sean ends up in a coma. This version of Sean looks a little different because the role was previously played by Terraciano.
“It was a difficult decision – certainly for me – and one of the decisions that made me hesitate to do this program.” It’s like, ‘How do we do this differently. [actor]?’” Wahlberg, 56, agreed Us last month. “I have to say, Mika has the same level of grace and class that Andrew showed. Mika has a lot of respect for Andrew. He went into the role carefully and carefully and took his time. He put a lot of thought into how he played this character.”
Terraciano, 23, once again broke the silence during an on-screen exchange.
“It’s good because you’ll always remember every single line and every day you had the chance to be that character, it doesn’t mean even for a second that someone else can do something good with it,” he shared. Us in December 2025. “I had the pleasure of playing Sean, and I had to send him out into the world. Now someone else gets that pleasure. We’re both going to show what we do and send Sean out into the world.”
Terraciano spoke directly about Amonsen’s performance, adding, “I thank you because there was not only an outcry of love from the community, but also a clear love coming from this game.”
He explained: “There could be hundreds if not thousands of people who depend on their means of livelihood to make the show.” It’s really amazing that part of that character still remains. One can look back and say, ‘I want to praise that. I want to respect that and I want to work to do something good.’”
For Amonsen, the transition has since been easy.
“I’m happy to say that I feel like I entered a good space with the actor, and the positive feedback was also nice to receive and it was a confirmation that I’m doing my job, which is good,” he explained. “At first, I was under pressure to do justice to the role. But I didn’t feel under pressure to do that. I felt under pressure from myself and to do well with the whole situation, by Andrew, by the fans.”
Boston Blue airs on CBS Fridays at 10 pm ET.
