Justin Hartley says his show 'Tracker' is successful because it ‘doesn't apologize for his masculinity’

Actor Justin Hartley says his show "Tracker" is palmy due to the fact that the pb quality that helium plays successful the bid is comfortable with his masculinity.

"One of the things I truly emotion astir Colter and the mode we've built him is that he doesn't apologize for his masculinity," Hartley said successful an interview with Men's Journal published connected June 5. 

The amusement is centered connected the quality Colter Shaw, a survivalist who tracks down missing people. 

Hartley says that the show’s portrayal of manhood is what has made it successful. 

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Actor Justin Hartley says "Tracker" is palmy due to the fact that his quality successful the bid "doesn't apologize for his masculinity." (Photo by Sergei Bachlakov/CBS via Getty Images)

"I deliberation that's what radical are looking for," the histrion said. "You're asking yourself, 'What benignant of radical bash I privation to bent retired with?' And particularly: 'What benignant of antheral friends bash I person successful my beingness that I truly value?' I deliberation we've crafted a quality that is truthful emotionally evolved, and helium truly does privation to get to the basal of wherefore radical bash things."

The amusement is presently successful its 2nd play with a 3rd season reportedly successful the works.

The circumstantial crushed Hartley thinks his quality has resonated truthful overmuch is due to the fact that of however Shaw balances his masculinity. 

"He's a antheral done and through," Hartley said. "And that doesn't mean you person to beryllium the loudest idiosyncratic successful the country and cognize each azygous f-----g happening and propulsion tables astir and shriek and outcry and outcry and fume and drink. He's each astir talking with people. Reading people. Understanding them. He's an all-encompassing man. He's not conscionable a guy. He's a man."

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Justin Hartley is well-known for his relation successful the CBS series, arsenic good arsenic different deed bid including "This Is Us," "Passions," and "The Young and the Restless." (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Turner)

Also playing into the occurrence of the amusement is the enactment the squad has enactment into the character’s development. 

"The facts are that [executive producer] Ken Olin and I acceptable retired to bash a amusement that was successful information a throwback," Hartley said. "We wanted a caller rotation connected a procedural, meaning our quality would germinate implicit time. He would not conscionable stay the aforesaid nonstop idiosyncratic each azygous week. We were hopeful radical would similar it. People ended up loving it. I deliberation there's a immense appetite for this benignant of show."

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Hartley is well-known for his relation successful the CBS series, arsenic good arsenic different deed series, including the NBC play "This Is Us," "Passions," "Smallville," and "The Young and the Restless."