“How do I get Boden’s voice back?”: Eamonn Walker reveals why it was difficult for him to return in Chicago Fire Season 13

Eamonn Walker is soon making his highly anticipated return to Chicago Fire with his appearance in Season 13’s episode, Post-Mortem. The actor will be reprising his role as Wallace Boden, the former Chief who got promoted to the District’s Deputy Commissioner.

Boden will be seen in the show after almost a year, as his previous appearance was in the season 12 finale. Eamonn Walker has revealed that it was not easy for him to reprise his role because of the gap.

The Australian actor had almost forgotten how he used to portray the character, especially his voice. Talking about the difficulty he faced in playing the character after a long time, Walker said in an interview with TV Line:

“It was not easy. I’ve been away a long time, and as you can tell, the first thing is I don’t sound anything like Boden. So the first week out, I had this [thought], “How do I get Boden’s voice back?”

Eamonn Walker talks about the difficulties he faced in returning as Boden in Chicago Fire Season 13

In his interview, Eamonn Walker said that when he started preparing for his comeback in Chicago Fire Season 13, his foremost concern was to get Boden’s voice back. He had to contact his voice coach, who helped him get back into the character:

“I called up Tanera Marshall, who is my voice coach in Chicago, and I was like, “I need three days with you to get Boden’s voice back. I can work on the physicality later, but let’s get his voice back. That’ll be the start of the journey.”

Walker added that once he practiced the voice again and got into his costume, he finally felt that Boden was officially back:

“So seeing her, after working with her on every single episode for all of those episodes, was amazing, in and of itself. And then [I] went into costumes and saw those guys, the whole costume department, and then the journey began. I put the costumes on, and I had his voice, and then Boden was back.”

Walker further stated that he felt very special on returning to the Chicago Fire set, as he received immense love from the cast and the crew. The actor left the show as a regular in the season 12 finale when Boden was promoted. The Chief got an emotional farewell from his team at the time.

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Boden will be seen in Chicago Fire Season 13 Episode 16, which is scheduled to be aired on NBC on April 16, 2025. The Chief returns to help his team in a high-stakes case as he has to analyze a building that burned with a firefighter inside.

Chicago Fire Season 13 airs new episodes on NBC on Wednesdays.

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