Patrick J. Adams is firm that “Clothes walked like this Succession could run.”
The actor, who played Mike Ross in the popular legal drama, shared his theory in his and Sarah Rafferty's recent episode Sidebar: A Suits Watch podcastsaying: “Clothes it is the predecessor of another very popular program”, the one on HBO Succession.
Adams went on to list “the things we have in common,” including “Dagmara [Domińczyk]. She was inside Successionhe was inside Clothes. Rob Yang. Do you know who Rob Yang was on our show? He was the doctor here [Suits’ pilot] where he is giving Mike the drug test. Do you know where else you've seen Rob Yang? The pilot of Succession.”
THE Plan B the actor also noted that Kevin Bray, who directed and produced several early episodes of Clothesand who Adams says is “probably responsible for the look and feel of the whole thing,” he also directed some episodes of Succession.
Adams explained that the overall themes are similar as well. “It's in New York, we're dealing with New York. Power brokers, people who move and shake at the highest levels of New York society,” he added.
While Rafferty, who played Donna Paulsen Clothesunderstanding all of Adams' points, he also pointed out an important difference between the two series.
“They were sitting in a radically different place than we were at the Golden Globes,” he said, referring Successionamong awards voters (the show won nine Golden Globes and 19 Emmys from 2018-2023).
“Yes, well, they must be adults” a Clothes“PG version,” Adams replied. This could probably be attributed to this Clothes aired for nine seasons on USA Network, which has more limitations since it is a basic cable channel, while Succession airing on HBO, a premium cable network that allowed more freedom in what characters said and did.
However, Clotheswhich initially aired from 2011 to 2019, has seen a recent resurgence after its premiere on Netflix last year, becoming the most streamed show over the course of a year. A reboot, Suitable for Los Angelesis also in the works.