Justin Hartley hasn’t always been Kevin Pearson.
“It was [originally] four or six episodes, this arc they had written for me.
And then he was to be gone,” Hartley said.

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“Thankfully, the people that watched the show, they loved this character.
He had a lot to say.”
And it was the first time I think on that show where you had a guy in a costume.
He’s wearing the costume.
And I always loved the fact that he was mortal.
I loved the fact that when he got hit, he got hurt.
And he could die."