10 August 2010,
Hawaii Five-0 star Alex O'Loughlin has promised that the upcoming CBS reboot will not disappoint fans of the original series.

The actor admitted that he had felt intimidated taking over the role of Detective Steve McGarrett from Jack Lord, who played the character from 1968 to 1980. He explained: "Jack Lord left a big set of shoes to fill and I want to do the original show, and all the fans around the world, justice."

O'Loughlin explained that the modern update will be "the hard-rock version to the ballad of the original".

He also revealed that the new series will showcase "a side of Hawaii that's not just beaches and palm trees". "There's all walks of life here and it's a very interesting place," he said. "We want [this] to be a really good, real-life cop show." - Digitalspy.co.uk