Adam Rodriguez Flexes Creative Muscle on 'CSI: Miami'

By Michael Lopez

TV star Adam Rodriguez is what folks in the entertainment business like to call a triple threat. Not only is he an accomplished actor, he’s also proven himself to be a capable writer and director. Last weekend he put all three skills to the test with the CSI: Miami episode "Hunting Ground."

Having played Detective Eric Delko on Miami for more than eight seasons, it’s clear that Rodriguez has a solid grasp of the series. For "Hunting Ground," Adam approached producers with a unique idea for the characters of CBS’ hit detective show.

"My story came from a book that I read as a kid, a short story called The Most Dangerous Game," Rodriguez told TV Guide. "It's about a man who lives on a remote island where ships wreck, and he invites these people into his house. They think they're going to live in the lap of luxury while they're shipwrecked, and it turns out he lets them loose on the island and hunts them down. I always thought that premise was something cool and would make a good idea."

Rather than transporting the cast of the Miami-based show to a deserted island, Adam changed the story into a life-or-death battle in the Florida Everglades.

"We made the episode about a [man] who's bringing in people from Cuba and Haiti,"Rodriguez said. "And he's selling them to a guy who beefs them up with steroids, makes them more dangerous prey, and sets them loose in the Everglades. People will pay him to hunt them. It's totally sick."

Anyone regular CSI viewer knows that "totally sick" is right up the show's alley, and we can't wait to see what kind of gun-toting action Adam brings to the table.

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