Current:Home > ContactStephen Amell was focused on 'NCIS' spinoff when he landed 'Suits' gig -SecureWealth Vault
Stephen Amell was focused on 'NCIS' spinoff when he landed 'Suits' gig
View
Date:2025-04-14 10:17:31
When one door closed for actor Stephen Amell, another opened.
The "Arrow" star opened up about auditioning for and later landing his upcoming gig on the "Suits" spinoff "Suits: LA" days after auditioning for "NCIS: Origins." But the latter was his main focus at the time, he said on the "Inside of You With Michael Rosenbaum" podcast earlier this month.
He auditioned for the role of the "titular character," presumably young Leroy Jethro Gibbs, which eventually went to Austin Stowell.
"If it had come along as an offer, I don't know that I necessarily would've done it," Amell, 43, said. "But I was excited by the prospect of, OK, this is a network show. This is pilot season. This doesn't really happen that much anymore."
The Canadian actor got "great feedback" on his "NCIS" audition and received intel that "We think this is actually going to move forward." He admitted he hadn't even looked at the sides, or sections of the script, for "Suits" when his "NCIS" prospects fell apart.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
How Mark Harmonfeels about 'NCIS: Origins' and new Gibbs, Austin Stowell
"All of a sudden, it was dead ... So I didn't know what was going on, and I was really frustrated," he said. The rejection, combined with other things, including solo parenting his two kids "all week," led to a "full breakdown." He was "in the car, emotional, screaming" on the phone with his wife, Cassandra Jean Amell.
The actor recalled looking in the mirror ahead of the "Suits" audition and seeing his eyes were bloodshot.
"I walked into that audition just with, really, no fear," Amell said.
Join our Watch Party!Sign up to receive USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox
Amell would go on to land the role of Ted Black, the central character on "Suits: LA." The spinoff, he said, is much like the original series but with a slightly "different feel."
"Retrospectively, I got the job that I was supposed to get, and everything does work out for a reason," he said.
veryGood! (3)
Related
- San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, College Food
- Opinion: Hate against Haitian immigrants ignores how US politics pushed them here
- 11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued
- Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
- 15-year-old arrested on murder charge in fatal shooting of Chicago postal worker
- 'I'm sorry': Garcia Glenn White becomes 6th man executed in US in 11 days
- Chemical smoke spewing from a Georgia factory is projected to spread toward Atlanta as winds shift
- What were Tom Selleck's juicy final 'Blue Bloods' words in Reagan family
- How Climate Change Intensified Helene and the Appalachian Floods
Ranking
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- How Climate Change Intensified Helene and the Appalachian Floods
- FBI will pay $22.6 million to settle female trainees' sex bias claims
- New York Liberty push defending champion Las Vegas Aces to brink with Game 2 victory
- Federal appeals court upholds $14.25 million fine against Exxon for pollution in Texas
- Justin Theroux Gives Shoutout to “Auntie” Jennifer Aniston in Adorable Photo
- Carlos Alcaraz fights back to beat Jannik Sinner in China Open final
- Lady Gaga Details Michael Polansky's Sweet Proposal, Shares Wedding Plans
Recommendation
Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
Mega Millions winning numbers for October 1 drawing: Jackpot at $93 million
The president could invoke a 1947 law to try to suspend the dockworkers’ strike. Here’s how
FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims during the vice presidential debate
Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
Doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death is expected to plead guilty
Below Deck Sailing Yacht: Daisy Kelliher Reveals the Surprising Text Ex Colin MacRae Recently Sent Her
Michigan’s minimum wage to jump 20% under court ruling