{"id":9268,"date":"2010-03-04T20:12:04","date_gmt":"2010-03-05T04:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/?p=9268"},"modified":"2010-03-04T20:12:04","modified_gmt":"2010-03-05T04:12:04","slug":"rascal-flatts-was-thrilled-to-visit-csi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2010\/03\/rascal-flatts-was-thrilled-to-visit-csi\/","title":{"rendered":"Rascal Flatts Was &#8216;Thrilled&#8217; To Visit &#8216;CSI&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The members of <b>Rascal Flatts<\/b> enjoyed acting in this week&#8217;s episode of <i>CSI: Crime Scene Investigation<\/i>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/episodes\/csi\/season10\/unshockable.shtml\">&#8220;Unshockable&#8221;<\/a>, but they aren&#8217;t planning to quit their day job any time soon.<\/p>\n<p>\n<!--more-->When the band was contacted about doing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.csifiles.com\/content\/2010\/03\/conserva-its-going-to-be-a-fun-thursday-night\/\">guest appearance<\/a>, they met with the <i>CSI<\/i> producers. &#8220;We went down there, sat down, kind of got an outline of the story and just talked about what we wanted to do, what their ideas were,&#8221; lead vocalist <b>Gary LeVox<\/b> told CMT News. &#8220;We were thrilled to death that they called.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;It was really cool because we get to play our parts, but the drama stuff was really interesting,&#8221; explained guitarist <b>Joe Don Rooney<\/b>. &#8220;We&#8217;ve never done this stuff before, so it&#8217;s been fun to play ourselves but play different emotions within ourselves towards each other&#8212;and aggressive ones, at times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n<i>CSI<\/i> actors <b>Marg Helgenberger<\/b> (Catherine Willows) and <b>George Eads<\/b> (Nick Stokes) enjoyed having the band on set. &#8220;These guys are so amazing,&#8221; Helgenberger said. &#8220;They&#8217;re so down to earth and sweet, fun, cute and funny. They&#8217;re real naturals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;They&#8217;re really good sports,&#8221; Eads added. &#8220;I think they were fans of the show before they came on. They were very familiar with it, as I&#8217;m familiar with their music. I know they have a big fan base, and I think it will maybe bring a bigger audience to the show. That&#8217;s kind of the idea.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nBassist <b>Jay DeMarcus<\/b> said the band might enjoy doing more acting. &#8220;Our main focus is getting out on the road and making records,&#8221; he said, &#8220;but as we have time and time goes on and we have more opportunities that come up, we&#8217;ll probably do a little bit more of it. I certainly enjoyed my experiences. I think we all did.&#8221; LeVox added, &#8220;Thank goodness we don&#8217;t have to rely on making a living off at that. 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