Quantum Leap Star Ernie Hudson Reacts To NBC Show's Cancellation After 2 Seasons
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Summary Ernie Hudson is disappointed that Quantum Leap had to end so soon.
Hudson loved working alongside the cast and felt that the show provided him with stable and ongoing work.
The Quantum Leap revival was canceled after two seasons, leaving the entire cast shocked by its sudden ending.
Ernie Hudson has much to say about the surprising cancelation of Quantum Leap. The show premiered in 2022 as a revival of the hit 1989 show. It starred Raymond Lee as Dr. Ben Song, a scientist left leaping across time as he desperately tries to find a way to stabilize his leaps. Hudson played Herbert "Magic" Williams, the man in charge of the Quantum Leap project. The show ran for just two seasons before its cancelation.
Since Quantum Leap season 3 was canceled, the cast has slowly been offering their own opinions about the show's ending. In an interview with Screen Rant's Owen Danoff about Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Hudson expressed his disappointment with the abrupt conclusion. He explained his love for the cast and crew and the comfort of the stable work that the show provided for him. Check out his full quote below:
I was really kind of disappointed because I felt like it takes a while for a show to catch on and figure itself out, [and] I thought we were getting there. I love the cast. It was a little frustrating sometimes because [I was] the director who sort of runs the thing, but it wasn't really demanding, workwise. If there was a way of being a little bit more involved in the leaps, it would've been a little bit more satisfying. I love the cast, I love the show, but I would love to have figured out a way to [be more involved]. At this stage in life, when I'm working, I want to bring something. I want to work, you know what I mean? If I’d had a career of starring in everything, maybe I'd be at a point now where I'm saying, "I just want a little part, get paid, go home." But I'm still looking for that role—I'm still looking for that way that I can contribute to a project. I get offered a lot of things [where it’s like], "Well, we just need you for a day," and I'm like, "Yeah, but I don't want to work for a day." I want to work. I want to show up while I'm excited about doing what I do. I am disappointed in Quantum Leap, but had it continued, I'd really want to be utilized a little bit more than what I was. But it was a great cast, and Raymond Lee is an amazing talent. I hope that great things are coming up for him.
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