Michael Rodrick robbed P. Diddy blind on CSI: Miami. Now, he's rocking Jack Bauer's world on 24 as Jon Voight's partner in chaos making. Rodrick is now taking questions.

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Q: Tell us a little about your new role in 24? - Uinterview

My character’s name is Stokes, and, well, without giving too much away, we’ve already seen John Voight come into play. I will be secret op for John Voight’s character helping him create as much chaos as we possibly can.

Q: What’s your experience been like working on the set? - Uinterview

We start at 6 p.m. and work up until sunrise. The executive producer Jon Cassar — I don’t think there’s anyone else who works as hard as he does. They work their asses off. It’s amazing. Night after night, we are going 16-hour days. It’s incredible.

Q: Are you doing your own stunts? - Uinterview

We have a great coordinated fight between me and Tony Almeida. Basically, I’m at the gas pumps and he's supposed to come at me. Then it’s backhand, right cross, duck, drop kick, hit the concrete. It’s pretty tough. We got it in one take which made everyone happy since they could go home. I do my own stunts. I remember when I did Cold Cases, and the day I arrived there was a fight scene. They asked if I wanted somebody to stand in and I said, ‘No.’ You just make it safe and choreograph it really well. I would rather do it myself. I just did CSI: Miami, and they had a stuntman driving this power boat that my character was supposed to be driving when I come up along P. Diddy’s boat and rob him. They wouldn’t let me near the powerboat because it’s a half-million-dollar boat. You can’t have it — you’ve got to give something to the stuntman once in a while.

Q: Did you get to do any scenes with Kiefer Sutherland? - Uinterview

He would shoot on different days than I would. But they splice it together. It’s such a different experience when I saw the finished product it’s amazing. I’m shooting at him, he’s shooting at me. I love it! When they go to split screen — it’s me, then him — it’s totally surreal!

Q: What about Jon Voight? - Uinterview

Jon Voight and I were together quite a bit shooting scenes at 3 or 4 am. I’ve never seen anyone work harder. I saw him smash his ankle on a Jeep. He didn’t say anything to anyone and iced his own ankle. I remember I was talking about my twin brother, and he started asking me everything about twins because [Voight’s daughter] Angelina Jolie had twins. I told him when you get gifts for the kids they have to be exactly the same–different colors are ok. We both went to Catholic University in Washington, D.C. So I was able to get him some alumni magazines. He’s just so tall! It’s so amazing to watch him walk. It was really inspiring to watch him work.

Q: 24's producers keep the plot confidential. Did the director let you know what’s going to happen next with your character when you were filming? - Uinterview

On a day-to-day basis, I didn’t know if they were going to kill me or not. It’s a good motivator, because they could kill me tomorrow. The less I saw of Kiefer the happier I was – I knew the moment I saw him, I’m going to be dead. It’s really wild.

Q: So did he get you? - Uinterview

Well, I’m on three episodes. We’re just going to have wait and see if Keifer knocks me out. If not, next season.

Q: So let’s talk about CSI: Miami. How was it working with P. Diddy on one episode? - Uinterview

We shot with him the day after the Golden Globes. So I caught him a couple times just looking out over the water, trying to get himself there emotionally. He was very quiet. It was a hard scene to shoot because the director was on a different boat.

Q: What’s the difference between working on CSI and 24? - Uinterview

That's a great question. It’s like going to different nightclubs–they all have a certain feeling in the way things are run which definitely starts from the top down. I’ve done 5 Bruckheimer shows — I just did Without a Trace. The Bruckheimer shows feels like you are in a television studio in a 1950s. There’s a certain order. Like you are part of the studio system and you are going to get what you need. 24 feels like I’m on a independent film.

Q: So what do you have coming up after 24? - Uinterview

Well, I’m on Without A Trace running a Ponzi scheme. It was fun working with Anthony LaPaglia – I had done another film with his brother called Lantana. He's great. Such a New York personality.