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Sidebar: A Suits Watch Podcast

Tailoring "Suits" with Creator Aaron Korsh

Sidebar: A Suits Watch Podcast

Stitcher Studios, Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty

Tv & Film

4.9742 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

This week we go back to where it all began. Patrick and Sarah share their Suits origin stories including who gave Sarah the script and what the audition process was like for Patrick. Then, Aaron Korsh, the creator of Suits, joins the chat to share what inspired him to create the show, the personal tragedy that pushed him to pursue his dream of writing, where Harvey and Donna’s names originated, which actor is least like their on-screen persona, and so much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Patrick Adams. You may know me as Mike Ross on the TV series Suits.

0:09.2

Hi, I'm Sarah Rappertie, and you may know me as Donna Palson on Suits.

0:12.6

And this is Sidebar, a Suits Rewatch podcast, or actually a Suits Watch podcast, because Sarah and I have never actually watched the show.

0:20.4

So each week, we're going to talk through an episode of the TV show. Tell stories from set.

0:24.7

Compare notes, memories, answer listener questions. Talk about the music. Talk about the clothes.

0:30.0

Talk about dazzling performances. Yes, yes. That is actually what we are going to be doing most weeks.

0:35.1

But this week is going to be a little different.

0:38.0

Yes, this week is going to be special.

0:40.0

In our last two episodes, we talked about the pilot of suits.

0:42.7

So this week, we thought that we should talk to the creator, showrunner, and the mind behind suits, Aaron Korsh.

0:49.8

But I thought that before we dive into that, it might be a fun thing to just talk a bit about

0:55.2

where we were at before we showed up on that set for the first time.

1:01.7

September 2010, up to that point, what's Sarah Rafferty up to?

1:05.9

Okay, so, well, I had been knocking around for a bit.

1:08.0

I mean, at that point, I was well into my 30s. But at this point,

1:13.2

I had knocked around as like a guest on all kinds of shows. I recurred occasionally. It was,

1:20.7

I mean, it was good. It was good. I was working. I think that's huge for an actor to work.

1:29.5

You knew early age you're going to be an actor.

1:30.8

How old are you? No, it wasn't early.

1:31.4

I don't think it was early.

1:32.3

I mean, sixth grade when I played really rosy, I should have known.

1:36.0

I'll tell you, that's when the world now.

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