FOXBURG, Pa. (EYT) — Imagine seeing actor Nathan Fillion as a police officer patrolling the streets of Foxburg or snacking on a sandwich at the Allegheny Grille. Imagine him getting robbed in a Foxburg bank.

Imagination is the key in Fillion’s role in the new ABC show “The Rookie,” and it all starts in Foxburg.

“Rookie” Producer Mark Gordon bought the life rights from a real-life Los Angeles cop who was the oldest rookie on the force when he began a few years ago.

Fillion, former star of “Castle,” plays the recently divorced John Nolan visiting a bank in Foxburg that gets robbed. Nolan decides to become a beat cop at age 40 and heads to Los Angeles. This is a chance for him to take a new direction.

According to Pittsburgh Post Gazette TV writer Rob Owen, Nolan is surrounded by other LAPD rookies who are half his age.