‘Chicago Fire’ 300: Taylor Kinney Reflects on the Milestone He Never Thought He’d Hit and His ‘Visceral’ Goodbye to Joe Cruz

By Emily Longeretta

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Taylor Kinney never thought he’d be here. The 300th episode of “Chicago Fire,” titled “Three Hundred,” wasn’t a milestone that was on his mind — mostly because it seemed impossible that he’d be starring on a show for 15 seasons.

“I remember going to Upfronts in New York, going into Season 2 or 3, and running into Mariska Hargitay. She had just got done negotiating her deal for season 16 or 17, and that was a whole other thing — it wasn’t even in my brain that something like that would be possible, let alone in the cards,” says Kinney, who has been on “Chicago Fire” since its start in 2012.

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