'Zoo' Premiere: James Wolk's Instagram Takeover

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Updated Wed, July 1, 2015 at 12:31 AM UTC

Have a Seat — In honor of tonight's @zoocbs premiere, I'm taking over @YahooTV's Instagram today. Check it out! #ZOOcbs — @JamesWolk

Just the Beginning — The first day Nonso Anozie and I filmed together. We became fast friends shooting down in New Orleans. #zoocbs #NOLA @zooCBS — @jameswolk

Field Trip — From the look of this picture you'd probably never guess that @kristennoraconnolly @geoffmstults, Jay Paulson, and I were being eaten alive by mosquitoes. #zoocbs @zoocbs — @jameswolk

Seeing Double — My stunt double, Matt. Matt makes me look like a champ on screen. And he has a great haircut. #zoocbs — @jameswolk

Say Cheese — Meet "Stuffy." This is as behind the scenes as it gets. It's ALLLL part of the magic. #zoocbs @zoocbs — @jameswolk

Meeting of the Minds — The man behind the plan, @jamespattersonbooks. This was from the second day of shooting the pilot. Very grateful James decided to take his creation to the small screen. Can't wait for everyone to see all our hard work tonight! #zoocbs @zoocbs — @jameswolk

Dumpster Diving — We shot a close-up water sequence in a giant tank on the sound stage. And by tank, I mean a dumpster. We do it all for you guys! #zoocbs @zoocbs — @jameswolk

Roar — My lovely co-star, Nora Arnezeder, and I doing a lion roar-off during the first week of shooting the pilot. #zoocbs — @jameswolk

Not the Face — Real or fake? Our makeup team on @zoocbs is top-notch! #zoocbs — @jameswolk

Selfie Promotion — Behind the scenes of our publicity shoot with Nora Arnezeder, Billy Burke, @kristennoraconnolly and I. All of this madness coming at you tonight. #selfiestick #zoocbs — @jameswolk

Leading up to the June 30 premiere of CBS's 13-episode summer thrill ride Zoo, star James Wolk took over Yahoo TV's Instagram to share 10 behind-the-scenes photos.

In the adaptation of James Patterson's best-seller, he plays Jackson Oz — an American zoologist running safaris in Africa who comes to realize that his late father’s controversial theory that animals would one day turn on humans wasn’t so crazy after all.

Judging from the photos, Jackson is in for some close animal encounters (and not all of them will be as safe as "Stuffy"), a few cuts and bruises (the actor gives props to the show's makeup team), and a need for dry clothes (there's no Titanic tank here, just a dumpster). “He’s not changing into a cape in a telephone booth,” Wolk tells Yahoo TV. “But yeah, when you’re out on safari and dealing with a global pandemic, there’s a lot of exciting scenes in the show.”

Zoo airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on CBS.

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