# The 2010 role Tom Selleck was forbidden from playing without a moustache: “So, it’s a thing”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-2010-role-tom-selleck-was-forbidden-from-playing-without-a-moustache-so-its-a-thing/
- Published: 2026-11-04T02:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T06:52:56+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/role-tom-selleck-was-forbidden-without-moustache/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- The network required Selleck to keep his moustache for Blue Bloods.
- He had planned to shave it before filming began in 2010.
- Selleck played Frank Reagan for 14 seasons.

## Summary

Tom Selleck says the network insisted he keep his trademark moustache when he took the role of Frank Reagan in the police drama Blue Bloods. The anecdote shows how closely the actor’s familiar look was tied to his screen identity, even as he wanted the part to mark a fresh start.

Selleck recalled that he had planned to shave before filming began in 2010, but creator Leonard Goldberg checked with the network and told him it required the moustache. Selleck played Reagan for 14 seasons, longer than his earlier run as Magnum PI, and says he does not resent the attention his facial hair receives, though he feels there is more to his work than his moustache.

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