How Stephen Amell will try to relaunch Suits

“The only muscle in my body that hurts me because of the filming of this series is my brain”. The former Arrow puts on another kind of costume and turns into a tailor-made lawyer in this new spin-off in Los Angeles.

There was clearly an effect Meghan Markle ! Since the American actress’s marriage to the British prince, the series Suits explodes the hearings. Since 2019, the date of the end of the judicial drama, Suits No longer stops making a box on streaming platforms and in particular on Netflix, which acquired online broadcasting rights from Nbcuniversal in 2023. The series exploded on the network to the point of becoming viral and dominating the Nielsen ranking (the American Mediammetry) for a 12-week record, until it becomes the most seen streaming show that year, with 50 billion minutes viewed. In the process, Hollywood obviously started a new Suits. Something that could reproduce the comforting and addictive atmosphere of the series. That’s good: the creator Aaron Korsh had an already ready idea, which he had presented at NBC during the pandemic. The network had refused at the time, but ended up validating the spin-off in front of the cardboard on Netflix.

Suits: the So go see the light of day on American TV (on NBC, not on Netflix) and will follow the former prosecutor of New York, Ted Black, who now runs a law firm in the entertainment sector, in California, representative leading customers. Korsh knew from the start that the key to this new Suits was the cast of the adequate star, comparable to the original. He therefore chose Stephen Amell.

“Everything I can say about Stephen Amellit is that I knew within 12 seconds that followed his hearing that it was him, Ted Black! I was sure this moment. And after having worked with him on six episodes, I am absolutely certain now ” confides the creator of Suits in Variety.

Ted Black is sure of himself, but he knows how to put himself in four to help those who need it. However, Ted has a complicated past. For his colleagues, including the criminal lawyer and best friend Stuart Lane (Josh McDermitt), TED has charisma, leadership, the strength that is expected of a lawyer shaved closely and dressed in Tom Ford.

“Except that behind the closed doors, Ted is a frightened little boy, and no one – I say anyone – knows it. It is not a healthy way of living his life. He is not well in his skin” ,, describes Amell.

The old Arrow Incarnates a more cerebral than physical role, abandoning waterfalls for more verbal jousts. “The only muscle in my body that hurts me because of the filming of this series is my brain” he has fun. “”We do not imagine that an actor would be as tired after 5 heavy scenes rich in dialogues as after a day of waterfalls, and yet it is!“”

It remains to be seen if Suits: the will be able to find the emblematic tone of Suits. The original series had found a way to mix beautiful and elegant characters, using a clear legal jargon without appearing too didactic. “Where is the limit? We are really on a thread and we must not switch to the autoparody which could just as easily be a SNL sketch ! “Decrypt Stephen Amell. “”You have to play a character, but not a caricature. “

For the time being, Suits: the does not yet have a diffuser in France. Suits is always visible on Netflix in France.