Ian A. Dale, Meaghan Rath, Beulah Koale join to regular cast

[Core 4]

Ian Anthony Dale has been promoted to series regular and Meaghan Rath and Beulah Koale have joined the cast of Hawaii Five-O, which begins its eighth season September 29 on CBS.

The trio was cast following the departures of series vets Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park, who were not able to agree on new deals to return for another season.

Dale has recurred as Adam Noshimuri since season two, becoming a trusted confidant and resource for the team who will now be recruited by McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) to work for Five-0.

Rath will play Tani Rey, who McGarrett (O’Loughlin) recruits after finding her working as a lifeguard at a hotel pool after she was kicked out of the Police Academy, despite being a first-rate candidate.

Koale will portray Junior Reigns, a former Navy SEAL who just returned from serving his country and asks McGarrett, a fellow SEAL, for a job, hoping to repurpose his skills as a member of Five-0.

Dale stars in Salvation, which premieres this summer on CBS.

Rath is known for her starring roles in Being Human and Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life and recurring roles in Secrets and Lies and New Girl.

Koale will star opposite Miles Teller in the feature film “Thank You for Your Service,” which premieres Oct. 27.

Hawaii Five-O, produced by CBS Television Studios, stars Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Jorge Garcia, Taylor Wily, Kimee Balmilero and Dennis Chun. Peter Lenkov, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Eric Guggenheim are the executive producers.

deadline.com/2017/07/hawaii-five-o-ian-anthony-dale-promoted-meaghan-rath-beulah-koale-join-cast-1202131538/

[mandyblue]

Well Beulah Kaole sound promising and interesting being a NAVY SEAL could mean more Seal stories for Steve and back ground stories from the pass.

Meaghan Rath will have to wait and see how good she is doing the fight scene and kick ass stuff

Adam what did I say at the end of season 7 Adam will be joining the team. So no training of Police work between Adam and Jerry what a joke. How will that work with Adam with Kono not their have they split up.

[Core 4]

Meaghan will be amazing addition to cast, because she is a great actress. She played cop in Banshee and Rogue, so she has has experience. Beulah is a little known actor but has an interesting role because he will be Navy Seals, and his relationship with Steve has great potential.

As for Ian Anthony Dale I am not quite sure. But I think one of the reasons may be that Scott will not be again in five episodes in season, Jorge in every season is about seven episodes less than Alex, and Ian will not be in any episode because he plays one of the main roles in CBS show Salvation. And also that he is a very much liked by the fans he is Asian-American, and Adam will inform what is going on with Kono, and in the episodes where he is absent they can explain that he flew to Kono. Adam has a lot of contacts because he was a businessman and boss of Yakuza. So he will have different connections with criminals, and his contacts can help with various case of the week. But I hope he will mostly be in the Five-0 headquaters. And in the field will be: Steve, Danny, Grover, Tani, and Junior.

Some people have complained that Hawaii Five-0 whitewashing the cast. Only Alex and Scott look white. Chi is Afroamerican, Jorge is born American, but his father is a Cuban, and his mother is Chilean, so he can be considered Latino. Beulah is a New Zealander, but has Samoan descent, so his charcter may be Hawaiian. Meantime Meaghan, the family from her mother's side is the Indian, and from father is from Austrian and the British. Ian Anthony Dale is an Asian American.
So we have two caucasians, African, Asian, Latino, Samoan, and Indian. Very diverse cast.

[rita162]

Glad to see Ian Anthony Dale as a regular. Welcome to the newbies. There seems to be some good reports about Meaghan. Haven't seen any of her work nor of Beulah. Looking forward to see what happens.

[Core 4]

Yes. What I read and what I saw with her on Youtube, Meaghan is a great actress. She should be amazing addition to the show. These two new characters can introduce freshness, potential for interesting new storylines, and relationships with the rest of Five-0 can also be interesting.

[jackiee]

When AOL said he didn't think he would stay on the show past 8, Lenkov said it will continue without him. I can't help but wonder if choosing a SEAL could be to replace AOL if he
doesn't continue.

I sure hope not. It's not 50 with
out AOL and McGarrett.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Jackiee

[Core 4]

Jul 20, 2017 9:14:20 GMT -5 jackiee said:

When AOL said he didn't think he would stay on the show past 8, Lenkov said it will continue without him. I can't help but wonder if choosing a SEAL could be to replace AOL if he
doesn't continue.

I sure hope not. It's not 50 with
out AOL and McGarrett.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Jackiee

In interview for Watch Magazine from May, Alex said that he feels so much better he sees himself doing another season or two. So it's already outdated news, because Alex changed his mind about leaving.

[jackiee]

I saw that interview. Just hope he is able to continue.

[mandyblue]

I wonder what this means from Dennis Chun face book











Dennis Chun

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Update from #dennischun

CBS will make a separate announcement concerning Taylor, Kimee and myself. We cannot say anything till they announce it which should be soon so the blackout continues. Below is a post welcoming the new cast members announced yesterday. Again mum is the word.

Want to say aloha and welcome to Meaghan and Beulah as they join Hawaii Five-0. Especially glad to have Ian back. Looking forward to an exciting Season 8.
All photos courtesy of CBS.

[Core 4]

Jul 20, 2017 12:20:29 GMT -5 mandyblue said:

I wonder what this means from Dennis Chun face book











Dennis Chun

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Update from #dennischun

CBS will make a separate announcement concerning Taylor, Kimee and myself. We cannot say anything till they announce it which should be soon so the blackout continues. Below is a post welcoming the new cast members announced yesterday. Again mum is the word.

Want to say aloha and welcome to Meaghan and Beulah as they join Hawaii Five-0. Especially glad to have Ian back. Looking forward to an exciting Season 8.
All photos courtesy of CBS.

Maybe they will upgrade Dennis, Taylor, and Kimee to series regulars. Because in press release from news about Ian, Meaghan, and Beulah were mentioned as stars. 

Hawaii Five-O, produced by CBS Television Studios, stars Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Jorge Garcia, Taylor Wily, Kimee Balmilero and Dennis Chun.

[katlyn520]

Jul 20, 2017 13:11:32 GMT -5 Core 4 said:

Jul 20, 2017 12:20:29 GMT -5 mandyblue said:

I wonder what this means from Dennis Chun face book

Dennis Chun

24 mins ·
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Update from #dennischun

CBS will make a separate announcement concerning Taylor, Kimee and myself. We cannot say anything till they announce it which should be soon so the blackout continues. Below is a post welcoming the new cast members announced yesterday. Again mum is the word.

Want to say aloha and welcome to Meaghan and Beulah as they join Hawaii Five-0. Especially glad to have Ian back. Looking forward to an exciting Season 8.
All photos courtesy of CBS.

Maybe they will upgrade Dennis, Taylor, and Kimee to series regulars. Because in press release from news about Ian, Meaghan, and Beulah were mentioned as stars. 

Hawaii Five-O, produced by CBS Television Studios, stars Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Chi McBride, Jorge Garcia, Taylor Wily, Kimee Balmilero and Dennis Chun.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing as soon as I saw the press release. The way they included them as part of the cast makes me think they might be part of the opening credits. Quite a crowd for the opening but it would make sense after being regulars (Taylor and Dennis) for so long ... and Kimee replaced Masi and he was included in the opening credits so why not her.

[Core 4]

I was right Taylor, Dennis, and Kimee will be in regular cast in season 8. According Star Advertiser, Beth Haiken, vice president of CBS Entertainment Communications, confirmed this via phone on Thursday. Now we wait for CBS announcement with details. I doubt that their roles will increase very much, they will just be a little bigger than before. I think role Taylor may be similiar as earlier (with one-two episodes with his storylines). Dennis Chun in some episodes will be more than 1-2 scenes in episode, maybe in one episode will be storyline with him, or even centric episode. Same with Kimee. And probably in a few more episodes they will appear. Last season Taylor appeared in 14 episodes, Dennis in 13 episodes, and Kimee in 11 episodes.

www.staradvertiser.com/2017/07/21/features/five-0-redux-hawaii-actors-chun-wily-balmilero-join-main-cast/

Hawaii actors Chun, Wily, Balmilero join main ‘Five-0’ cast

Fans were thrilled when news broke Wednesday about two new actors joining the cast of “Hawaii Five-0” and recurring cast member Ian Anthony Dale being elevated to series regular. Dale is most familiar to viewers as Adam Noshimuri, who was introduced in Season 2 as a Yakuza-connected businessman and boyfriend and then husband to Five-0 team member Kono Kalakaua (played by Grace Park, who exited the show over an apparent contract dispute with CBS).

Dale can currently be seen in the summer asteroid-heading-to-Earth series “Salvation,” airing Wednesdays on CBS.

New to “Hawaii Five-0” is Meaghan Rath, who will play Tani Rey, and Beulah Koale, who plays former Navy SEAL Junior Reigns.

Fans may have missed the fact that along with Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Chi McBride and Jorge Garcia, recurring cast members Taylor Wily, Kimee Balmilero and Dennis Chun were also listed in the announcement as starring cast members. That means that along with Dale, the three have been elevated to series regulars.

Beth Haiken, vice president of CBS Entertainment Communications, confirmed this via phone on Thursday. As the network does not comment on contracts, we don’t know if this means a pay raise for the four actors or more screen time.

Regardless, for Hawaii actors, this is outstanding news. As Wily, Balmilero and Chun are from Hawaii, this will shine more light on our local talent. All three will continue to add to the diversity of the show’s cast and perhaps calm some of the criticism that dogged CBS after the departure of series stars Daniel Dae Kim and Park.

Two of the biggest criticisms the show has faced in the last month have not only been about the pay discrepancy alluded to in Kim’s July 5 farewell post on Facebook to fans, but also the low number of Asian and Hawaiian actors within the main cast of a show shot and set in Hawaii. With the addition of Dale, who is Asian, Rath is part Goan Indian and Koale was born in New Zealand and is of Samoan descent.

Wily is also of Samoan descent and hails from Laie, and Balmilero is of Filipino descent from Kaneohe. Chun also grew up in Hawaii, and all three call the islands home.

Chun, in a recurring role as HPD Sgt. Duke Lukela, is one of the few actors of part-Hawaiian ancestry in a major television series. Outside of the original “Hawaii Five-O” cast, the only other actors of Native Hawaiian descent who have been series regulars are Elsie Sniffen, who played Nui Shaw in “One West Waikiki”; noted film and TV actor David Strathairn, who starred in the Syfy series “Alphas”; and Jason Momoa, whose TV resume includes “Baywatch: Hawaii,” “North Shore,” “Stargate Atlantis” and “Game of Thrones.”

Chun has a direct tie to the original cast of “Hawaii Five-O,” as he is the son of Kam Fong, who played Chin Ho Kelly from 1968 to 1978.

The original “Hawaii Five-O” had several Native Hawaiian actors who were main cast members over the 12 seasons of the classic series that starred Jack Lord as Steven McGarrett. Gilbert Lani Kauhi, better known as Zulu, played Kono from the start of the show until Season 4, and Douglas Mossman was Frank Kamanain Season 7. Singer-actor Moe Keale, who was of pure Hawaiian ancestry, portrayed Truck Kealoha in Season 12, and Herman Wedemeyer, the original Duke Lukela, was a main cast member from Seasons 4 through 12.

Chun and Wily help to round out the cast of “Hawaii Five-0” not just by their Asian and Polynesian diversity, but as longtime members of the “Five-0” ohana, as both actors launched their roles in Season 1.

Wily’s Kamekona was the confidential informant Chin Ho (Daniel Dae Kim) takes to McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and Danno (Scott Caan) in the pilot episode. Kamekona is not only a good friend to Five-0, as he gives the team a place to meet outside of their headquarters, but he also possesses a wealth of knowledge from straddling both sides of the law.

While his character has a lot to offer in the form of comic relief, he also is a safe haven for the team on many levels. Fans have loved watching him grow his many businesses, from shave ice to shrimp truck to helicopters to a catamaran. Since Season 1, Kamekona has been a mainstay within the Five-0 team, and I’m glad that will continue into Season 8.

Likewise, we first met Chun’s Sgt. Duke Lukela in “Hana ʻaʻa Makehewa” (“Desperate Measures”) in Season 1, and from that moment on, Duke became a fan favorite.

Always one to help the Five-0 team, Duke knows how to aide the unconventional McGarrett and his task force in a way that lets them know he has their back, even when they stray over the line of “normal” law enforcement conduct. His character has certainly grown over seven seasons, as we have seen him go from being their crime scene contact to helping them with case work.

We have even gotten some backstory on Duke because he was a contemporary of McGarrett’s father, John (William Sadler). He often joins the team for holiday parties and off-duty gatherings at Kamekona’s, and viewers also met his wife, Nalani (played by Chun’s real-life partner, artist Laura Mellow). Duke has saved the day on several occasions, staking out suspects, looking into evidence without raising too many flags, and even literally swooping in to rescue the team with helicopters and the calvary.

Balmilero just recently joined the team during Season 7 in preparation for the departure of series regular Masi Oka, who played medical examiner Dr. Max Bergman. Unlike Max, Balmilero’s Dr. Noelani Cunha seems to be even more hands-on in the team’s cases, as she is often called to help stitch up members and friends of the task force.

She is also quick to remind McG that she usually deals with the dead, rather than the living. Still, her character is fun to watch. She may not be as quirky as Max, but I love how well she has folded into the Five-0 team, working quite well within their established tone and patterns.

Elevating Balmilero, Wily and Dale to the main cast is a smart move for CBS and the series.

While news that several recurring cast members have moved up to series regulars might not seem to be a major deal, for the fans who love them and are still very sad about the loss of Kim and Park, this will be the good news they have wanted since Season 8 shooting started this summer.

Hopefully, the move will spark more opportunity for Hawaii actors, and give Chun, Wily and Balmilero stronger storylines and more screen time. If nothing else, we’re all very glad to see them promoted to the full-time cast because, as we know, they will represent Hawaii with their amazing talent and with great aloha.

[Core 4]

News from Star Advertiser confirmed Dennis and Kimee. And Lenkov also. Also is message from ADR Agency.

Update from #dennischun

Wow ... am so deeply touched with the news that the Five-0 Redux has broken. Want to thank Peter Lenkov and CBS for upgrading Taylor, Kimee and myself to the regular cast of Hawaii Five-0.

For me this has deep personal meaning first because of my father's association with the original "Hawaii Five-0". He, Zulu, Al Harrington, Herman Wedeymeyer, Moe Keale and Jimmy Boere truly pioneers and it is so very humbling to walk in their footsteps.

I am also moved because of what this means to our local acting communlty. Too often, our local actors, have not been given a chance to show their talents when various productions have come to town. Hopefully, this is the beginning of positive change in that area. I know that, given the chance, our local actors can shine so very bright.

I am so proud of Taylor and Kimee. I cannot think of any more talented, professional and gracious actors to bring Hawaii multi-cultured rainbow to the world. Really a privilege to work with both of them.

If I may, I would like to take a moment to thank a few people. First a deep aloha to to Leonard and Rose Freeman, their vision 49 years ago placed Hawaii before the world. A heartfelt mahalo to Peter Lenkov who took that vision and made it relevant to the 21st century. Of course, CBS must be thanked for believing in Hawaii. Am so blessed to work with such a great cast and crew. I am so grateful for their unselfish support. And I shall always be grateful to Daniel and Grace for all they did for Five-0 and Hawaii.

To my acting coach Scott Rogers - Your lessons and challenges certainly helped pave the way. I feel a deep sense of appreciation to ADR agency and Ryan Brown whose been with me since the very beginning.

And a special shoutout to Lincoln who does such a great job managing this page.

And of course a huge hug goes to Laura whose patience, faith and love has been a key to my success. You are such a blessing.

Most of all, a very heartful mahalo must go to all of you. In eight years we have experienced a lot of ups and downs. Through it all, your support had stayed steadfast and meant so much. I know that I would not achieved this milestone if not for your aloha. You shall forever have a special place in this Hawaiian's heart.
I can extend a special thank you to Wendie Burbridge, Lisa Lisa, Amy Bakari, Angela Gestner, Linda Stein and Emanuela Pari for all they do to spread the Five-0 story.

Again thank you for the privilege of entertaining you.

God bless and Malama Pono

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[maxis]

I've been a huge fan since day 1, but I'm just not feeling it this year. I'll certainly give it a shot and hopefully I'll be pulled back in.