Do you remember what your auditions were like for Mike and Donna forSuits?
Did you have any chemistry reads?
Patrick J. Adams:Oh, well, we definitely did not do any chemistry reads.
I didn’t even do chemistry reads with Gabriel.
We didn’t have anything.
We were cast completely separately.
I was just like,Throw it all away.
Nothing can hurt me now, which I think helped me get the part.
I had just moved to LA, so I kind of pretended and made a tape.
I went to a place, made a tape, and sent it in.
Obviously, I knew Gabriel really well.
We had met in ‘93.
I didn’t know who Kevin was.
I didn’t know.
Do you remember when you first met each other?
PJA:You and I didn’t meet until we were on set, right?
Because you said you weren’t at the first table read we did.
The whole hotel sequence where I ended up getting the job at Pearson.
So that would’ve been our first meeting.
Like, “Hi.
We’re doing this scene together.”
How has it been diving intoSuitsfrom Season 1?
PJA:Look, I didn’t watch the show for a reason.
I am not good at watching myself on camera.
It is a problem.
And I thought,Well, that’s not healthy.
And the exact opposite has been true.
It’s like, I am so loving it.
I’m so proud of everybody on that screen and the people behind the camera.
And to be like, “Oh my god.
I can’t believe you did that thing, Sarah.
That was so good.”
And just seeing all of it actually play out.
Suitsobviously saw an incredible boom in viewership when it began streaming on Netflix last summer.
And what do you think fans connect with?
So that we can actually process that and we can be those people who get to enjoy the show.
I do think it tells us a lot about, like, what people are craving right now.
We’ve talked a lot about how we’re in a funny place in the world.
That means something to people in that way because escape is an important thing, right?
The world is going through so many transformations.
That’s how we all feel about each other, especially Sarah and I.
Like, lifelong friends from this experience, and I think people are drawn to that.
And what channel?"
We have this amazing opportunity to be an intimate part of these people’s lives in some way.
Now, we’re consuming it in that same way, which is so fun.
It’s really wonderful.
Since you’re doing the podcast, has it been hard not being able to just binge-watch the show?
PJA:That’s the hard part!
We have to sort of stop and really think about what we just watched.
Maybe watch it again and go back to the scenes.
My TV-watching self wants to just keep going
SR:Go to the next one.
PJA:Do three or four episodes.
PJA:There are so many tangents we can go down at any moment.
Just based on one episode.
So, no is the answer to your question.
No idea where anything was gonna go.
Especially in that first season for me, I was just holding on for dear life.
Like, I’d never shot that many episodes of a thing in order.
Suitshad a ton of memorable guest stars, starting with Season 1.
Has it been exciting to get to re-experience those actors you got to work with so early on?
So it’s reminding me, like,Oh my god, I remember we worked withMargo Martindale.
It helps with the gratitude part a lot.
SR:We get to be more present.
I want to know everything.
Then, go get some rest.
PJA:The rush you experience when you shoot a television series like you’re always running late.
Everything is rushing and everything is just get to the end of the day and get all the scenes.
Take our time with it, and go over it, and have a great conversation.
It creates space where there was once speed.
Or do you think there are plotlines you’ve maybe forgotten about?
I know the major highlights.
SR:Yeah, “surprised and tickled” should’ve been the name of the podcast.
Like, you know, if it’s sort of a character that comes in for one episode.
We had so many great actors that just came in and crushed it.
PJA:Wendell Pierce, who is just one of my all-time favorite actors.
We’re not to him yet so I am so excited for him to get on the show.
SR:Rachael Harris.
PJA:Rachael Harris, oh my god.
They were so fun, and they made that season such a pleasure.
So I’m excited to watch that.
We’re big fans.
And I love nothing more than to fangirl.
What wasGame of Throneslike?
What’s your career been like?
What’s it like to be on a show for eight months?
How do you deal with being away from home for so long?"
SR:I mean, Wendell is a really great example, Patrick.
I’m so glad that you brought him up.
He redefined that role for me.
There’s so much to talk about.
PJA:We’re actually happy to announce our spinoff.
laughing A nice new podcast.
We’ll all tune in.
PJA:Just Wendell.
He doesn’t know about it yet.
PJA:They’re so good.
The questions are deeper than just your average questions if they’ve only seen an episode once.
It stimulates a lot of really important new conversations.
That kind of sharing, that kind of generosity, is really moving.
It’s really, really kind and moving.
And finally, did you take anything from theSuitsset when filming wrapped?
PJA:Showing off his Mike Ross nameplate from Mike’s office That’s just one thing.
A lot of pictures that I took, because I’m a photographer, a hobbyist photographer as well.
So, a lot of my pictures ended up being, like, the artwork on the sets.
So when the show was over, I got to take a lot of those home.
Big framed prints of my work.
SR:Can I have one?
PJA:For sure.
I’ll send you an invoice.
This will be cool in 25 years.
I have a redheaded daughter, and I was like,She needs this green Burberry coat.
And when we filmed, they were very little.
I had one of my children between Seasons 1 and 2, so they would come to fittings.
And actually, they just found this photo.
Patrick, I should have screengrabbed it and sent it to you.
They were each sitting in a paper bag.
One was in a Dior bag, and one was in a Prada bag.
And they were each seated inside those at one of my fittings, like the two of them.
So I did really think a lot about the clothes.
That style might not come back around, or they might not really care at all.
But who knows, right?
I really, really did look for the clothes.
PJA:I took some suits as well.
SR:I have Donna’s couch.
SR:We can’t spill all these beans, though, right now.
Sidebar: A Suits Watch Podcastis available wherever you listen to podcasts.
it’s possible for you to listen to the trailerhere.
