Is there a chance for Michael and Rachel at all?
There’s always a chance! Of course. This is one of those things where I will say we have a plan for them through episode 16 of this year which I think will air sometime in the winter. I don’t know – you never know until we get there if we’re actually going to execute that plan.
This is one of those things. Like last year we definitely had a lot of things that we wanted to do. Some things we thought we were going to do at the end, we ended up moving them up to the beginning. And then some things we thought we were going to do and never got to do.
So we have a plan for their tumultuous, kind of come-together-go-apart type of thing that takes us through 16. But until we get there I’m not sure if we’re going to actually execute that plan. But there’s always hope I would say, of course.
What would happen if Louis found out Mike’s secret?
I don’t think good things would happen, I can say that. You know, it’s funny – I will say we had a plan last year. This is a perfect example. We had a plan for Louis finding out about Mike’s secret last year and we didn’t do it. It wasn’t that we dismissed it, we just basically didn’t get to it.
But then this year that kind of went away. But that’s one of those things that can always come up. We had a twist, which I won’t give away, but whenever you’re going to do something like that you have to twist it obviously. You can’t just have Louis ruin Mike’s career. So you have to twist it in a certain way. And I thought we had a good twist and I really liked it. But for whatever reason, when Hardman came in it just never materialized. But we have one. It’s in our pocket.
I like Louis. I like Rick Hoffman – he plays such a great villain. He really does.
I will say – I mean Rick, and he’s the nicest guy in the world, so it’s so funny. People I think sometimes mistake his character for the actor. But I think he’s so good.
I mean, I will take a moment. I talk about how much I love the writers. I think our entire cast is amazing and they all elevate these characters so much. The same dialog in the hands of lesser actors would seem like bad writing.
So it’s almost like I can get away with not great writing with what they do with the words. But Rick in particular, he just brings the humanity to this character. And this year we’re trying to flesh him out so that he’s more complicated.
And based on episode three and the response I seem to have gotten, people were like, “Oh, we actually like Louis” I think somebody mentioned that Harvey/Louis scene earlier. So this year Louis is going to become more human. It doesn’t mean he’s going to be better or worse. He’s just going to be more fleshed out and I think people will be drawn to him all the more.
Has the success of “Suits” inspired you for any future projects?
Somebody just asked me that on Twitter the other day. My answer was, I can barely keep my shit together with “Suits” [laughs]. You know, I have a lot of ideas for other things but the truth is, I have a two-year-old son. We just had a baby daughter about three weeks ago. And…
Oh wow. Congratulations.
Thank you. Thank you. And that combined with “Suits,” I get about five hours sleep a night and I cannot think at this time of doing anything else.
Fair enough. Thank you for your time!
Thank you very much. And look, by the way I’ll say it so everyone can listen – I read a lot of your tweets and your write-ups and the response to the show is overwhelming to me. I really appreciate it and I never thought… we’re just trying to do the best we can. I never thought it would have the kind of response that it does. And, you know, it’s really moving for me.
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