![]() “Bubba, you are way too far from home,” Nash (Johnson) tells Hawks (Thomas), whose back is to the camera when viewers first catch a glimpse of him. Before viewers even see him, you get an idea what’s coming: A reference to the Miami Vice theme plays in the background. In “Wild Card” (season 2 episode 22, 1997), Thomas turned up as Cedrick Hawks. Yet Thomas didn’t check out before appearing on screen with Johnson in Nash Bridges. (His spokesman gig for the International Psychic Network may have played a part in this.) But by the end of the ’90s, Thomas was nearing the end of his run as a working actor. Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas reunited 8 years later on ‘Nash Bridges’ 1996: Promotional cast portrait for the television series ‘Nash Bridges,’ which features American actor Don Johnson | CBS Photo Archive/Getty ImagesĪfter some roles in TV movies, Thomas worked overseas on two ’90s series starring Bud Spencer. Late in season 2 of Nash Bridges, Thomas made an appearance as the old partner of the title character played by Johnson. It didn’t take long for Johnson to bring in his old pal on the show. While Thomas’ career stalled a bit in the post- Vice years, Johnson landed another starring role on a series by the late ’90s. When the series wrapped, the two actors went their separate ways. Over five seasons (111 episodes), Johnson and Thomas showed off that chemistry on a weekly basis. “Philip was jumping on the furniture, I was doing my Crockett thing. ![]() “He and I just had this chemistry,” Johnson told Rolling Stone in 2014. Given the failed pilots in Johnson’s past, NBC wasn’t sure he was the man to lead the series.īut something happened when Johnson and Thomas read together. Miami Vice has generally received mixed reviews.During the casting process for Miami Vice (1984-89), Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas didn’t immediately lock down the parts of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. This review of Miami Vice (2006) was written by Ali R on 16 June 2010. It feels more realistic and it has the same tone of Michael Mann's previous films,it has its flaws,its entertaining but don't expect a masterpiece. The tone is going to be different because of the different time period. It doesnt take place in the 80's so don't expect it to be as cool as the Tv show. They don't compare, neither does the rest of the cast with the original cast.Īs a stand alone movie, Miami Vice works really well. ![]() Colin Farrell plays Crockett, Don Johnson is Crockett, Jamie Fox plays Tubbs, Philip Michael Thomas is Tubbs. ![]() It's not as flashy or cool or as awesome as the TV show because it doesn't take place in cool 80's, its in the shitty 2000's. That's why Michael Mann gave it the right approach to modernize it. Is the movie better than the TV series? Not even close. So by the time I got to the movie the second time, these characters had already meant a lot to me. It only took less than one episode of Miami VIce for me to care about Don Johnson (Sonny Crockett) and Philip Michael Thomas( Rico Tubbs). 111 episodes later, I decided to watch the movie for a second time and it was a completely different experience. I saw the pilot episode and I was blown away. ![]() When I first saw it I didn't really know what was going on, who was who, who's Crockett? who's Burnett? I just couldn't get into it, I didn't care about the people on screen. ![]()
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