David Boreanaz Wishes He Shot More Scenes With These Bones Characters

"Bones" might have been off the air for almost a decade, but love for the long-running Fox procedural very much endures. That's not just among fans, either. Stars Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz have spoken about how they enjoyed working together on "Bones," in which they played forensic scientist Temperance Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, respectively. What's more, the co-stars have remained sanguine about the possibility of a "Bones" revival and have openly stated their desire to return — though actually getting a "Bones" revival off the ground is more complicated than you might think.

Meanwhile, other former cast members have spoken fondly of their time on the show, including the "squints" or "squinterns." This affectionate name for the interns at the fictional Jeffersonian Institute where Brennan works caught on early in the show's run, and throughout 12 seasons of "Bones," the squints became one of the most integral parts of the series' success.

To Boreanaz, however, the Jeffersonian staff were a lesser part of his "Bones" experience — not because he didn't appreciate their importance but simply because he rarely got to share scenes with them. As it turns out, he once wished things had been different.

The whole premise of "Bones" revolves around the cerebral, somewhat introverted Temperance Brennan being paired with the more outgoing, shoot first ask questions later Seeley Booth. Of course, the pair end up marrying and having children, but for the first few seasons of the show, they were very much opposites with a heck of a lot of sexual tension between them. Even after they got together, however, Booth very much remained in his world of field work, while Brennan spent much more time at the Jeffersonian Institute examining bodies and carrying out the actual forensic part of the investigation. But it seems David Boreanaz wished things were slightly different in that regard.

During a 2012 Paley Center Q&A with the "Bones" cast, at a time when the show was in its eighth season, the actor spoke about how his character doesn't interact as much as he'd like with the Jeffersonian Institute staff. "It's an interesting dynamic," he said, "because there's a lot of scenes that are done on a day that just is all about the lab. So [...] I rarely get a chance to really interact with the other lab people." The actor went on to explain how the way in which these lab scenes were shot could make filming "difficult" for him, explaining:

"Here you are, you're doing an episode and you're on like the eighth day and then on the ninth day they shoot usually a lab day, which I'm not really in the lab because I want to drive a tank through it. But it's tough because I don't really get the chance to do scenes with the other lab people and I wish I did more scenes with them and brought them out to the field."

Boreanaz continued to speak positively about the "connection" between the cast members and "the friendships" and "moments that we've all gone through," which seems to be part of the reason he wished he was able to actually appear in scenes with his colleagues more. If that "Bones" revival ever happens, perhaps he'll finally get his wish.

"Bones" is currently streaming on Hulu.