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The highly anticipatedSuitsspin-off started making headlines as they cast yet another actor to their world of legal drama. According to reports,The Walking Deadactor Josh McDermitt has been hired to join Stephen Amell in the spin-off seriesSuits: L.A.appearing as Stuart Lane in the upcoming show, McDermitt is set to star opposite Amell.
Meanwhile, as the news starts making headlines,Suitsfans 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 inSuits: L.A.
Following the television success ofSuits, 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, starringMeghan Markle, creator Aaron Korsh realized the fanbase could be brought together all over again with a new spin-off series.
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Therefore, connecting the new show to the original series’ universe, Aaron Korsh came up with a spin-off seriesSuits: 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 toNBC, it has been noted that Stephen Amell, will play the lead character, Ted Black, inSuits: L.A.
Additionally, it has been recently revealed that opposite Stephen Amell,The Walking Deadactor Josh McDermitt is also set to join the cast. Hired to play Stuart Lane inSuits: 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 fromNBCabout the casting of Josh McDermitt as Stuart Lane, oppositeStephen 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.
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As soon as people began reconnecting the casting from the spin-off with the originalSuits,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 ofGabriel Macht’s character Harvey Specter and Rick Hoffman’s Louis Litt.
Literally Louis and Harvey
— Praveer Tiwari (@therealpraveer)June 21, 2025
So we literally have the LA version of Louis litt
— Savi (@_JaySavi)August 15, 2025
Louis and Harvey?!
— Hathaway (@pg__Kenny)August 19, 2025
Ok so Louis and Harvey 2.0s
— Ash (@AshTheeAsh)June 08, 2025
Yea he is Louis Litthttps://t.co/OoswtFyLf0pic.twitter.com/5THgwv4ndK
— Roose (@Roosey_12)June 22, 2025
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 Loishttps://t.co/ggvTpDPMoX
— Ketamine Doritos (@KetDoritos)June 27, 2025
Taking toX, fans simply lose their minds in the comments section ofDiscussingFilm, the scooper account that shared the news of Josh McDermitt’s casting in theSuitsspin-off. With most fans pointing at how similar his casting opposite Stephen Amell appears to that of Gabriel Macht andRick 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 seriesSuitscan be found on Netflix and Prime Video.
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