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The cast of 9-1-1: Nashville<\/a><\/em> features many familiar faces, as well as some new ones.<\/p>\n Hunter McVey is set to make his acting debut on the upcoming ABC procedural. Set against the backdrop of the show\u2019s titular Tennessee city, 9-1-1: Nashville<\/em> will follow the ups and downs of the 113 firehouse crew and their loved ones. The show also marks the second spinoff in the 9-1-1<\/em><\/a> TV universe, following 9-1-1: Lone Star<\/em><\/a>, which concluded its five-season run on Fox earlier this year.<\/p>\n \u201c[9-1-1: Nashville<\/em>] is a high-octane procedural about heroic first responders, as well as their family saga of power and glamour set in one of America\u2019s most diverse and dynamic cities,\u201d ABC\u2019s official description reads.<\/p>\n Along with McVey, the cast also includes Chris O\u2019Donnell<\/a>, Jessica Capshaw<\/a>, Kimberly Williams-Paisley<\/a>, LeAnn Rimes<\/a>, Hailey Kilgore<\/a>, Michael Provost<\/a>, and Juani Feliz<\/a>.<\/p>\n Scroll down for everything we know about McVey ahead of 9-1-1: Nashville<\/em>\u2018s series premiere.<\/p>\n McVey will play Blue Bennings, whom showrunner Rashad Raisani<\/a> previously described to TV Insider<\/a> as \u201ca stripper by trade that comes into the firehouse and upends everything.\u201d<\/p>\n Blue is also the son of Rimes\u2019 Dixie Bennings, whom Raisani describes as a \u201crival character\u201d to Capshaw\u2019s Blythe Hart, who is the wife of 113 captain Don Hart (O\u2019Donnell). Dixie is a former backup singer \u201cwho always felt like she deserved more than she got,\u201d Raisani shared. \u201cAs our series starts, she\u2019s going to try and take what\u2019s hers.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019Donnell teased to TV Insider that his and Rimes\u2019 characters share some history. \u201cDixie comes from the same place [as Don],\u201d he revealed. \u201cThey got to know each other when they were a lot younger.\u201d<\/p>\n When McVey\u2019s casting was announced back in June, Variety<\/a> also described his character as \u201ca haunted bad boy who is now a firefighter.\u201d<\/p>\nWho does Hunter McVey play on 9-1-1: Nashville<\/em>?<\/h2>\n