Stephen Amell

WHILE IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE ON SOCIAL media was binge-watching Suits during the pandemic, there was one person who was intentionally not watching the long-running series that ended in 2019: Stephen Amell.

- H. Alan Scott

"I didn't know much about the resurgence of the show on Netflix. And I had mostly kept it that way." That freed up Amell creatively to take on the role of Ted Black in Suits LA, a spinoff of the original. "I just felt like I had a good feel for it, but I also felt like it was a high-profile job and I was lucky to be in the room." The new series focuses on entertainment lawyers in Los Angeles. "There's a long, rich history of legal dramas being successful on television. And for good reason, because it's compelling. And entertainment law is compelling." And part of what makes the franchise so successful-besides creator Aaron Korsh, who Amell calls "the through line between Suits and Suits LA