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Bosch: Titus Welliver Reflects on Harry, Talks "Ballard" Spinoff

As Bosch: Legacy nears the end of its run, star Titus Welliver looks back on his portrayal of the detective and teases the "Ballard" spinoff.

It's amazing to think that Titus Welliver has been playing Harry Bosch for ten years now. Bosch: Legacy is currently in its final season on Prime Video. Welliver has been on a kind of farewell tour doing interviews to promote the series, and after revealing that they had been discussing what the plotlines for another season would be (so no, Bosch is not going to die at the end of this season, paranoid negative-nelly fans!) before they got word the series wouldn't be renewed, he offered a little tease of the upcoming spinoff series starring Maggie Q. as Renée Ballard, a Robbery Homicide Detective original introduced in the novels who becomes Harry's protege and spiritual successor as a relentless avenger.

But First, Welliver Looks Back on His Portrayal of Harry Bosch

"As a visual artist, because I'm also a painter, I'm always in a state of observation. I'm always looking at light and how it reflects off of a building or a tree or what it does to the ground at different times of the day. As an actor, I'm always observing people — behavioral stuff, gestures, mannerisms. There would be times where I would see some cat that I would bump into in the subway who would have something that is interesting, I would be like, 'I'll put that in my catalog. I'm going to find a character at some point where I will be able to use that.'

Similarly, Harry Bosch as a detective, is in a constant state of observation, and it's not just purely from the point of detecting danger, but he does the same thing. He looks at people, he reads people, he reads the environment. He studies crime scenes. Those are the observational qualities that I share with Harry Bosch. When you grow up in a city, you do have to be on point. Your Spidey sense goes off; that usually means something's about to jump off. I think I share that with him."

On Renée Ballard and her Upcoming Series

"In one of the last episodes of this final season, we introduce the character of Renée Ballard, played brilliantly by Maggie Q. That's a relationship that exists within the books. She's younger than Harry is. They cross paths and, in the books – because obviously, you've got more time, and there has been several books written with the two of them working together – they forge a relationship. He becomes kind of a mentor to her, and she also grants him access to stuff that he wouldn't normally be able to get because he's no longer a cop. He has sort of paternal feelings for her. It's a beautifully realized relationship in the books. Now, in 45 or 50 minutes of an episode, you can only do so much, but Maggie and I had really good chemistry. We fast became friends, and I think the introduction to her character is really, really strong, and it's rooted in the Bosch cannons."

All seasons of Bosch: Legacy are streaming on Prime. Ballard will premiere on Prime at a later date yet to be announced.

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