Rodriguez Does Triple Duty On ‘Miami’

CSI: Miami’s Adam Rodriguez (Eric Delko) adds writer and director to his resume with this week’s episode, “Hunting Ground”. (Spoilers after the jump!)

The idea of writing and directing for Miami “came hand-in-hand”, Rodriguez told TV Guide. He added, “I knew that if I was going to write a story, I wanted to be able to tell that story the whole way through if it was something they were going to allow me to do. Luckily, it worked out that way.”

“Hunting Ground” is based on a short story called The Most Dangerous Game, which was written by Richard Connell. “It’s about a man who lives on a remote island where ships wreck, and he invites these people into his house,” the actor explained. “They think they’re going to live in the lap of luxury while they’re shipwrecked, and it turns out he lets them loose on the island and hunts them down. I always thought that premise was something cool and would make a good idea.”

Rodriguez had a lot of fun filming “Hunting Ground”, and he said there are some “magic moments” in the episode. “We’ve got great performances out of everybody involved,” he revealed. “I think our cast took things to another level. Everyone was engaged in a different way. It wasn’t an outsider coming in to do anything, it was someone you work with all the time, so they came in with a different game face on. And it showed on camera. I’m really excited.”

You can read the full interview on TVGuide.com.