Suits LA star Josh McDermitt goes from series fan to fictional solicitor, and the fancy threads that helped him play the part

Whip-smart dialogue and high-stakes psychological gymnastics won’t be in short supply when the long-awaited spinoff of groundbreaking legal drama Suits returns to Kiwi screens on April 7. Suits: LA swaps Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) and Harvey Specter’s (Gabriel Macht) New York pressure cooker for the drama-filled boardrooms of Hollywood.

Mitchell Hageman chats to star Josh McDermitt about his journey from fan to famed fictional solicitor. Midway through our conversation, Josh McDermitt receives a call from a friend. Ironically, that friend was a lawyer, and we had just been discussing how McDermitt had plenty of lawyer friends that he’d gotten advice from when preparing for his latest role in Suits LA - as a lawyer.



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