The highly anticipated Suits spin-off started making headlines as they cast yet another actor to their world of legal drama. According to reports, The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt has been hired to join Stephen Amell in the spin-off series Suits: L.A. appearing as Stuart Lane in the upcoming show, McDermitt is set to star opposite Amell.
Meanwhile, as the news starts making headlines, Suits fans begin losing their minds for a simple yet quite nostalgic reason. Witnessing Josh McDermitt appear as Stuart Lane opposite Stephen Amell’s lead character Ted Black, fans recall similar casting from the original show.
Josh McDermitt Set to Join Stephen Amell in Suits: L.A.
Following the television success of Suits, which ran for nine seasons from 2011 to 2019, the show continued to find new audiences with its availability on streaming platforms. Witnessing the popularity of the series, starring Meghan Markle, creator Aaron Korsh realized the fanbase could be brought together all over again with a new spin-off series.
Therefore, connecting the new show to the original series’ universe, Aaron Korsh came up with a spin-off series Suits: L.A. Although as of now it’s not clear which characters from the first show will return in the spin-off, reports revealed a new cast for the show. According to NBC, it has been noted that Stephen Amell, will play the lead character, Ted Black, in Suits: L.A.
Additionally, it has been recently revealed that opposite Stephen Amell, The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt is also set to join the cast. Hired to play Stuart Lane in Suits: L.A. McDermitt will appear as an old friend of Amell’s character, Ted Black. As per the show’s description, Black has been introduced as a former federal prosecutor from New York, who joined forces with his old buddy, Lane, to build their L.A. law firm, Black Lane Law.
Fans Get Nostalgic After Josh McDermitt’s Casting
After the reports from NBC about the casting of Josh McDermitt as Stuart Lane, opposite Stephen Amell‘s Ted Black hit social media, fans started getting nostalgic for one specific reason. Initially losing their minds to see the stellar cast of the show, netizens thereafter began comparing similar casting from the original show.
As soon as people began reconnecting the casting from the spin-off with the original Suits, people lost their minds. Learning about Ted and Stuart’s storyline that makes the majority of the plot, fans call out how they both appear similar to that of Gabriel Macht’s character Harvey Specter and Rick Hoffman’s Louis Litt.
Literally Louis and Harvey
— Praveer Tiwari (@therealpraveer) February 22, 2024
So we literally have the LA version of Louis litt
— Savi (@_JaySavi) February 22, 2024
Louis and Harvey?!
— Hathaway (@pg__Kenny) February 22, 2024
Ok so Louis and Harvey 2.0s
— Ash (@AshTheeAsh) February 22, 2024
Yea he is Louis Litt https://t.co/OoswtFyLf0 pic.twitter.com/5THgwv4ndK
— Roose (@Roosey_12) February 23, 2024
Love that they’re redoing the wide face versus handsome face combo. I bet they hate each other in the start and slowly come to begrudgingly respect each other just like Harvey and Lois https://t.co/ggvTpDPMoX
— Ketamine Doritos (@KetDoritos) February 23, 2024
Taking to X, fans simply lose their minds in the comments section of DiscussingFilm, the scooper account that shared the news of Josh McDermitt’s casting in the Suits spin-off. With most fans pointing at how similar his casting opposite Stephen Amell appears to that of Gabriel Macht and Rick Hoffman’s role, few even share their own sort of casting connection.
Suits L.A. doesn’t have a release date set at NBC yet, but the original series Suits can be found on Netflix and Prime Video.
