"I still take a bunch of classes, whatever kind of classes I can, (and did ) even while I was working on 'Prodigal Son, '" Agena said, mentioning her participation in the bicoastal live shows "Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy " and "Asian AF."īut she's also doing one thing she hasn't done as regularly-writing. While exploring what role might be next for her, Agena has been doing some things she's always done-taking classes and performing onstage to stay sharp. "There are even now people who would love for us to have a third season, (but ) I don't think it's possible, " she said.
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While there's a movement to get the procedural about a profiler whose father was a serial killer picked up on another network or platform, Agena knows the odds against that are long. I'm crossing my fingers that something will happen that I can be on a show that films in Hawaii !"Īgena's schedule opened in an unfortunate way a few months ago when Fox canceled "Prodigal Son "-in which she played medical examiner Dr. The stars have to (align )-at some point, they will. And my husband (musician Shin Kawasaki ) would love it too. "If that somehow worked out, that I was the right fit for a show that was filming in Hawaii, oh my gosh ! I would die. "That would be the dream, " Agena said from her home in Los Angeles during a recent phone conversation. She wants a shot to do a show filmed in her home state. But in this case, Agena is not a fan of it. She's co-starred with Sean Penn in "The First " and with Michael Sheen and Lou Diamond Phillips in "Prodigal Son " and appeared in "Better Call Saul, " "13 Reasons Why, " "NCIS : Los Angeles, " "Scandal " and "E.R., " to name just a few.Īmong the shows Agena has not landed a role on ? The "Hawaii Five-0 " and "Magnum P.I." reboots and the forthcoming "NCIS : Hawaii " and "Doogie Kamealoha, M.D."-all shows that have filmed in Hawaii over the past decade.Īn actress from Hawaii who gets cast in so many shows but none from Hawaii ? Now that's irony.