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NASHVILLE — <\/span>Tornadoes, fires and explosive family drama.<\/p>\n “9-1-1: Nashville” is the latest in Ryan Murphy’s franchise about heroic emergency responders.<\/p>\n We headed down to Nashville to meet the star-studded cast of the show, which includes everyone from Hollywood veterans to country music superstars to TV newcomers.<\/p>\n They told me: hold tight to that cowboy hat, because things are about to get fiery in Music City.<\/p>\n “Anything is possible and you should expect the unexpected,” says actor Chris O’Donnell.<\/p>\n From film to TV to the stage, O’Donnell’s career spans near four decades. Now, he’s Captain Don Hart in “9-1-1 Nashville.”<\/p>\n “There’s the excitement, the action, the fire team,” O’Donnell says. “Anything can happen.”<\/p>\n Michael Provost plays his son, Lieutenant Ryan Hart. Together they run Nashville’s busiest firehouse.<\/p>\n “Expect high octane rescues, juicy family drama,” Provost says.<\/p>\n Jessica Capshaw rounds out the Hart family, as mom, Blythe Hart.<\/p>\n “She deals in horse racing and there’s a whiskey business,” Capshaw says “It’s a pretty high stakes environment for her at all times.”<\/p>\n The city of Nashville is another main character in the show.<\/p>\n “There’s so much good food and there’s so much good music and the show plays with that,” says Provost. “It’s definitely music heavy. We’ve got a few singers in the cast.”<\/p>\n Among them is Grammy Award-winning country music singer, LeAnn Rimes, who plays Dixie Bennings.<\/p>\n “I mean, it’s Nashville, so we’re definitely going to have music in the show,” says Rimes. “My character is a singer. I get to have a little bit of fun with my voice on the show.”<\/p>\n She calls her character a “master manipulator.”<\/p>\n “I think this show is a little bit more soapy,” says Rimes. “I would have to say there’s a lot more drama than what you see on 9-1-1.”<\/p>\n Her son, stripper-turned-firefighter Blue Bennings is played by model and fitness influencer Hunter McVey. This is his first TV role.<\/p>\n “Being someone who had never acted before and is very new, obviously I was very nervous coming into it. They make me feel at home every single day and it’s quickly turned into a family,” he says.<\/p>\n And it turns out, this family has a little secret that will all be revealed in episode one.<\/p>\n “The family drama is what’s a little different with this show and the tensions are building,” says O’Donnell. “There’s a lot going on in this family.”<\/p>\n Kimberly Williams-Paisley is a Nashville native and she’s been welcoming the cast and crew to her home town.<\/p>\n “I’m so happy to be working here and to just have all these great people coming to town and telling some Nashville stories,” she says. “It’s really exciting.”<\/p>\n She plays 9-1-1 dispatcher Cammie Raleigh. Being on set at the firehouse in Nashville also feels close to home for Paisley.<\/p>\n “My brother was a firefighter in town, so I feel also like it’s a tribute to these first responders” she says. “And to have the music element underneath it all is really fantastic.”<\/p>\n Besides Rimes, Broadway star and recording artist Hailey Kilgore is also part of the cast. She plays firefighter Taylor Thompson.<\/p>\n “This is my first primetime television show,” says Kilgore. “I’m even more excited and grateful because I grew up watching Ryan Murphy television.”<\/p>\n Kilgore will also be performing on the show. And also look for a cameo from country superstar, Kane Brown.<\/p>\n The cast says this is a hold onto your horse kind of ride!<\/p>\n “We have the craziest emergencies, heightened of course, because that is the 9-1-1 universe,” says Juani Feliz, who plays paramedic Dr. Roxie Alba. “There is a lot of drama and juicy twists in the storylines. I think with all the characters, there’s going to be a peeling back of layers.”<\/p>\n “9-1-1: Nashville” airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ABC.<\/p>\n The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of this ABC station.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source abc7ny.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASHVILLE — Tornadoes, fires and explosive family drama. “9-1-1: Nashville” is the latest in Ryan Murphy’s franchise about heroic emergency responders. We headed down to Nashville to meet the star-studded cast of the show, which includes everyone from Hollywood veterans to country music superstars to TV newcomers. 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