that owen wilson played, i think. remember thinking i would love to get my hands on one of those characters. but i hadn't really read the books until i got this job. i read -- tavis: i was being a little bit flippant when i talked about the fact that he shoots people, although he does. tell me more about the character that you play on the series. >> it is fine. i actually hate talking about these things. he is a marshal. [laughter] and he goes back to kentucky where he grew up and he shoots people. you did fine. [laughter] that's it. that's it. tavis: they call the series -- i figured this before i saw it but then i saw it, i understand why they call it justified, in my mind at least. these are people who have done bad things. >> yeah, that's true. yep. i wanted to call it "kill tucky." tavis: not kentucky. >> no one would go for it. i talked to everyone i could. i went all the way the ladder. tavis: you stick to the acting. you stay with the acting. >> they were going call it "lawman" then steven segal came out with

. >> i thought he was owen wilson at first. >> i got used to it. >> tell me about "the other guys."asically obviously two detectives that have been paired with each other. i'm someone who loves paperwork to the point of -- in fact, i don't want to go out in the field at all. mark is the opposite. he's -- because of an unfortunate circumstance he accidentally shot derek jeter -- he's been demoted -- >> in this city, that's not good. in boston you get a promotion for that. >> we are actually screening the movie tomorrow in boston. being a red sox fan i was like, are you kidding? i get to shoot derek jeter? yeah! meeting him, he's a great guy. i have so much respect for him. but it was a lot of fun. it was not difficult to shoot derek jeter at the time. he'd just won the world series. supposed to be game 7 so i was working the tunnel and he comes out with an ipod and baseball bat. i'm so trigger happy that i pulled the trigger. he's going out for batting practice. >> it was derek's fault in the context. >> it was game 7 and everybody hates me. >> we're an odd couple that become the new