Before Eads landed the role of Mac’s best friend, he was playing investigator Nick Stokes on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on CBS. When the show was wrapping its final season, Eads made the announcement that he wouldn’t be returning for the next.
But as it turns out, they didn’t renew for another season. He did, however, miss out on filming the TV movie/series finale: Immortality.
Keeping It Real
Till has admitted that not every single stunt on the show is his, although many of them are. In fact, in an interview with Parade he said, “I was surprised with how much they let me do.”
Anderson liked to do all of his own stunts, too, and he did – or at least, he did as many as he could get away with, just like Till. But unlike Till, Anderson was dealing with the injuries from his past that prevented him from taking too much physical work on at once.
Science Stuff
Lucas Till actually has some experience in dealing with the scientific knowledge he’d have to pretend to have on the show. In his first major role in film, he played the brother of Johnny Cash on Walk the Line. Afterward, he did a string of indie and Lifetime movies before he landed a role in Hannah Montana: The Movie.
Till appeared in The Spy Next Door with Jackie Chan in 2010 – not bad, considering he’d only graduated high school two years before. From there, it was all uphill for the actor, who continued to land role after role, until finally, he secured the title role in the reboot in 2016.
Brotherly Love
Mac couldn’t have gotten out of half of the situations he’s been in had it not been for Jack Dalton (George Eads) having his back. When asked about how he felt about taking over the role of Richard Dean Anderson, Till said, “I didn’t allow myself to think about it. But I take into consideration everything that people want from MacGyver. He’s a cool dude.”
The chemistry the actors share definitely shows through on screen. Unfortunately, Eads left the show in the third season.
Love Life
As far as his love life goes, well, it’s fairly nonexistent, as Lucas spends most of his waking hours on set, after all. However, one of his exes happneds to be one of the most popular women in show business, Taylor Swift. They split when they decided they were better off as friends.
Till has dated some other gorgeous ladies in Tinsel Town, like Carlson Young, Miley Cyrus, and Kayslee Collins. Not too bad if you ask us.