Q: How does your show compare with the original?
O'Loughlin: "It's a very different show. (The original) is pretty stylized. Television was really different back then. There are certain elements of the old show we are carrying across, but not that much. It's the same idea, the characters have the same names, but it's a very different feel."
Kim: "One of the differences between this show and the original is there are going to be (ongoing) stories where you're going to learn about their pasts, their families and their history."
Q: So the new Five-0 will get more into characters' personalities and backgrounds?
Caan: "I hope so. The fact I have a daughter and everything I do is for her, that immediately makes me more human than just a cop on a TV show. The reason I'm there is because of her. I don't want to be there. There's that struggle and dealing with a boss and new people and a partner I don't see eye-to-eye with and dealing with my ex-wife, who's on the island. And, ultimately, there's the connection I have to the cases, personal connections. It's set up for a lot of that, not to just be a procedural."
Park: "The beginning few episodes are all about them coming together as a team, the conflicts, the harmonies, the history, the tension. It makes it more rich when you have some challenges, because when you forge a relationship, it's that much more earned and it's more satisfying."
Q: Jack Lord's McGarrett always seemed like a father figure to James MacArthur's Danny Williams. What is the relationship now?
O'Loughlin: "We don't start off as partners. (But) as they get to know each other, they realize they probably can work together. It feels like a sibling-esque thing. It feels like I'm playing a character with my brother in the scene. That's the sort of antagonism, because it comes and goes quite easily."
Caan: McGarrett "is definitely the boss. He's the one that put this group of people together. He's the leader of the pack."
O'Loughlin: "But he certainly sees Danny as an equal. At the end of the day, he's the shot-caller, but I think he gets comfortable pretty quickly with sharing that responsibility with Danny."
Q: Does this McGarrett break the rules?
O'Loughlin: "Always. I don't think he can help himself. He just gets (angry) at things moving too slowly, at island pace, and he just does what he needs to do to ramp it up and get the job done. It freaks Danny out to no end."
Q: Will Chin Ho Kelly and Kono also will be more fleshed out — and how?
Kim: "Chin Ho is a character that was accused of taking bribes while on the police force. So he's been exiled and removed from the force. He's trying to put his life back together again when the Five-0 team asks him to join."
Park: "Kono's a native. She's been on the surfing circuit. She's cousin to Chin Ho, and it's in the family now, being on the police force. Because of his history, it's a bit of a challenge for Kono. But she doesn't seem to mind. She goes in all barrels blazing."
Q: What do you think of Kono going from a man (played by Zulu in the original) to a woman?
Park: "With her being a woman, that may either disarm people or maybe they wouldn't expect her to be a cop. There are a lot of people on the island in the underground world who would know who to look out for. Since she's a rookie, she has a fresh background. She has a clean slate."
Q: How do you feel about the new show's nods to the original, including the theme and McGarrett saying "Book 'em, Danno" in the pilot?
Caan: "I feel like I like it if someone else likes it. It's not my thing. I wouldn't have written it. But if people dig it, then I'm up for it. I would like to stay away from anything from the old show that might be slightly goofy or corny. ... If people hate the show but they like the line 'Book 'em, Danno,' I think they're going to tune out. If they love the show and they don't like the line, it doesn't mean they'll tune out."
O'Loughlin: "If it turns into a soundbite, then that's what it is. It just becomes something that's going to pop up to advertise the show. ... I kind of get that it's an important tagline, but as long as we do fun things with it, as long as we keep it alive and unique, that's what's important."
Q: What are you hearing from fans of the original?
Caan: "They say, 'Book 'em, Danno.' "
O'Loughlin: "A lot of them are talking about Jack Lord. 'You're playing Jack Lord.' 'No, I'm playing Steve McGarrett.' 'That was Jack Lord's character.' 'Yeah, mine's pretty different.' 'Are you going to have the hair and the this ... ?' I'm like, 'Well, no.' Hopefully, they'll like it. But it's a complete redo."
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