Dante Torres returns in Chicago PD Season 12, Episode 4, “Escape,” and it’s a major hour for the newest member of the Intelligence Unit. Torres has been absent for the first three installments of the season, said to be away caring for family. But when the next case throws him right into the line of fire, he might wish he hadn’t come back to work.

Benjamin Levy Aguilar spoke about how meaningful it was to him to be handed an intense Torres-centric episode sending his character undercover—which Chicago PD fans know is usually a recipe for trouble. Find out why Benjamin is excited for One Chicago fans to see “Escape,” plus discover the one aspect of Torres’ character that he wants to see explored more in the future.

Brittany Frederick: You appeared in Chicago PD Season 7, Episode 1, “Doubt” in a different role as Franco Chavaro. How much does it mean to you that just a few years later, you’re playing one of the show’s main heroes?

Benjamin Levy Aguilar: It’s very flattering. [“Doubt”] was the second job I’d ever done in my life. I was getting arrested by, I think, Atwater. [Laughs.] And now there’s an episode about a different character that I’m playing. That’s a beautiful, beautiful feeling.

Undercover episodes are some of the most dramatic Chicago PD episodes. What was your reaction when you saw that this was the situation Torres was returning to?

I was so excited. I read it [and] I was like, this is good. This is really good. Honestly, they’ve never failed me. [Chicago PD showrunner] Gwen [Sigan] and the team of writers have always written such amazing episodes. I think it’s because Torres is such a layered character to write for. He has such an exciting life and past, and intracacies about him that make him so chaotic in a way and so intense. So I wasn’t surprised, because I was expecting something great from [the writers]. But I was definitely excited to shoot this, because I was like, this is gonna be good.

Read the rest of my interview with Benjamin Levy Aguilar at Fangirlish.

Chicago PD airs Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. on NBC.

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