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Two more actors have been cast in NBC’s pilot for the potential Suits: LA series. Bryan Greenberg (The Mindy Project) and Alice Lee (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) have joined Stephen Amell, Josh McDermitt, Lex Scott Davis, and Troy Winbush in the Suits spin-off project.
Aaron Korsh, the creator and showrunner of the original series, is writing the pilot script and will executive produce alongside David Bartis, Doug Liman, and Gene Klein. Victoria Mahoney will executive produce and direct the pilot.
NBC ordered the series pilot in February and revealed the story will follow Ted Black (Amell), a former federal prosecutor from New York who’s trying to reinvent himself in Los Angeles.
TV Line reports that Lee will play “Leah, a young associate attorney at Black Lane Law who has been assigned to work with (or, as it turns out, for) entertainment attorney Erica Rollins (Davis).” Lee will recur if the pilot is picked up to series.
As for Greenberg, Deadline reveals he will play “Rick Dodsen, Ted Black’s protege in the entertainment division of Black Lane Law. Slated to be promoted, Rick is determined to stay one step ahead of his rival, Erica Rollins.”
In a recent interview, Amell said the new series will have the feel as the original Suits, per Deadline:
“The script is great. The cast, most of which has been announced on your website, is really excellent. Both Lex [Scott Davis] and Josh [McDermitt], who I got a chance to do chemistry reads with, are sensational. So I’m trying to focus on what is directly in front of me, and what’s directly in front of me is a pilot script with more words per page than I have said in my entire career, by a factor of five. I’m just going to be a bit of a nervous wreck until we actually get on set and start shooting, which is in just about 27 days. Whatever, who’s counting?”
What do you think? Have you watched the original series? Are you hoping NBC picks up this Suits spin-off?
