Mendelsohn: It’s An Explosive Story

CSI Files previously reported that teen sensation Justin Bieber would appear in the season premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation this fall. More information has now been revealed about his guest starring role. (Spoilers after the jump!)

Bieber got the job after he expressed interest in being on the show. “I got a call that Justin really was a fan of CSI [and] that’s all I have to hear, and so it just was perfect timing,” executive producer Carol Mendelsohn told MTV News. “Justin was looking to make his dramatic acting debut. We had an incredible role for a young actor in [our season premiere], so it just seemed like the perfect marriage.”

“There was one day that Justin had available and that was the day he came to CSI and filmed his four scenes for the premiere,” she continued. “We will introduce his character in the premiere in September and then it will be a character arc and we will see him again playing Jason McCann again in February.”

Bieber will play a troubled young man on the show. Jason was brought up in foster care, and the circumstances of his life left him “scarred and angry”, Mendelsohn explained. She added, “When we first meet Jason, we meet him at a community center where he’s giving a testimonial in honor of a man who takes Jason and his older brother in when they had no one else, and that man is now in jail and Jason’s brother is out for revenge and looking for payback.”

The CSIs are trying to find Jason’s brother, and the teenager ends up “caught in the middle”. Mendelsohn told USA Today, “The kid is in some trouble. When your brother is out looking to kill cops, you’re not going anywhere.” However, the audience will be left wondering about Jason’s innocence when the credits roll after the season premiere. “At the end of the episode, we’re left with the question: Is Jason a good kid stuck in a bad situation or is Jason a bad kid hiding behind his cuteness?” Mendelsohn said. “You can see why Justin was such a perfect choice to play this role. … It’s an explosive story.” According to the showrunner, Bieber did “a really good job” filming his first dramatic television role.

Sources: MTV News and USA Today. You can also see a different picture of Bieber posing with a fake corpse on the People website.