The Rolling Stones' guitarist himself, Ronnie Wood is a self-confessed fan of CSI. Ironically, he turned down an offer to appear on the highly watched crime drama. The 60-year-old English rock star declined an offer made by CBS for him to fill in a guest stop on one of the three CSI shows. He said that the role was a safe cracker, however he declined the offer based on the experience of another rocker, Roger Daltrey, founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. Daltrey previously filled in as a guest star in the episode "Living Legend" from CSI's season 4.
"I saw Roger Daltrey do a guest appearance - he said it was all too much," Ronnie Wood explained to Virgin Radio. "No time to rehearse and he had to play five parts. I said no, I didn't really want to go in like that."
Roger Daltrey's Mickey Dunn required him to wear a variety of prosthetic disguises, however Wood did not verify if his cameo appearances would be as complicated as Daltrey's.
"They wanted me to be Uncle Ron the safe cracker," he said.
In addition, he also did not reveal on which CSI franchise he would have appeared in, however many believe that he was supposed to be guesting on CSI: Miami, because Ryan Wolfe (Jonathan Togo) had already mentioned an Uncle Ron on season 3's "Crime Wave." Also, in "Darkroom" of season 5, Wolfe had also mentioned that his uncle had been a safe cracker. However, it has not been clarified it the two uncles were one and the same man.
Wood wasn't completely hesitant as he said he'd be welcoming future guest role offers on CSI if there was a London-set edition of the forensic drama series.
"It would be interesting if they set one in London and I could be an old time safe cracker," he mentioned. "That would be fun."
