Kiefer Sutherland has admitted he isn't interested in returning for another season of 24.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Sutherland spoke well of his experience filming the show in London, but added: "Me, I don't see going back to it.
"We had set out to do 12 episodes to end the show and deal with some of the past history
of the show. It was also an irresistible opportunity to go shoot in
England. So for all of those reasons it made sense to do that last
season."
24 had ended in 2010 with the
culmination of season 8, but a ninth shorter season called Live Another
Day aired this year and was a huge success. In July we speculated where the show might go next following its ending – which left just enough hanging to suggest a return.
However
Sutherland's comment does suggest that the long-running series – which
began in 2001 – might have now ended for good. Fan speculation had
pondered whether Sutherland's co-star and co-lead Yvonne Strahovski might take over.
After the success of its return this year, it's hard to imagine Fox will be giving up on the show entirely.
Of course actors are always stating their desire to try something different
before they eventually return to a beloved role, and Sutherland alluded
to that, saying: "I think I said the same thing at the end of season 8
so I would hate to be held to that."
Sutherland was speaking to The Telegraph to promote Sky Arts
one-off comedy Marked, in which his downtrodden middle aged man
attempts to take out his nemesis neighbour for money – with presumably
hilarious consequences.
On his experience filming
in and around London this year, Sutherland said: "We loved shooting in
London. I've always loved it. Jon Cassar, the lead director of 24, loved it too.
"We
went off to shoot other jobs and both of us would send back texts
saying, 'Well, it ain't London.' London is going through an
extraordinary time. I had a real sense that London was undergoing a
creative renaissance just as it was between 1966 and 1969."