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11-03-2025
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Suits LA Paired The Office's Brian Baumgartner And Patton Oswalt, And The Actors Told Us What It Was Like To ‘Tear It Up' Together On The NBC Show
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Warning: SPOILERS for the Suits LA episode 'He Knew' are ahead! One of the main ways Suits LA distinguishes itself from its predecessor, location aside, is by following attorneys who represent powerful clients in the entertainment industry. So naturally this provides countless opportunities for actors to appear as themselves on the NBC series that can also be streamed with a Peacock subscription. The late John Amos made his final onscreen appearance in the Suits LA pilot, and tonight's episode saw The Office's Brian Baumgartner and The Goldbergs' Patton Oswalt paired together. Both actors shared with CinemaBlend what it was like to 'tear it up' with each other, making for an experience that was the complete opposite of what their fictional selves experienced. I had the pleasure of speaking with Baumgartner and Oswalt separately ahead of 'Hew Knew' airing on the 2025 TV schedule. The two were introduced to each other in the Suits LA world thanks to Lex Scott Davis' Erica Rollins, but in real life, they'd already crossed paths on a few occasions. As Baumgartner, who played Kevin Malone on The Office (one of the best sitcoms of all time) told me: We had met, but peripherally, we had certainly not spent 12 hours consecutively together, or whatever it was, that day. I've always been a big fan of his. What's funny is I told him, we were just talking… it was like 3 weeks before, there's a stand-up comedian who's a friend of mine who was down here where I live, and Patton was headlining it. This is before any of this came up. I was like seconds away, something happened at the last minute from going to the show, which would have then just added a whole other layer. I'm a big fan of his. I think he's great. We had a great time working together. You talk about just the back and forth that we were able to have that happened very, very quickly. He's one of the good ones, for sure. More Suits LA Stories Suits LA's Premiere Delivered A Big Twist For Lex Scott Davis' Character, But The Actress Told Us Why She Was 'Not Surprised' By This Move The NSFW Comment Stephen Amell's Daughter Humorously Keeps Saying After Helping Him With His Suits LA Lines This meeting in Suits LA came as a result of Brian Baumgartner wanting to 'kill' Kevin Malone, by which he meant he wanted to leave his comedic performing behind and try to become an Oscar-winning dramatic actor. Baumgartner requested that Erica arrange for him to meet Tom Hanks to he could pick the Forrest Gump actor's brain, but there was no way that was going to happen for a multitude of reasons. So instead, Alice Lee's Leah Power arranged for Patton Oswalt to stop by instead, as he's a comedic actor who has experience in the dramatic realm. Unfortunately, the conversation Baumgartner and Oswalt devolved once the latter told the former he didn't have what it took to bring home an Academy Award. Several brutal jabs later (Oswalt said that Toby was funnier than Kevin on The Office, Baumgartner mocked Oswalt for voicing Remy in Ratatouille), and Baumgartner left angrily, upset at Erica for not delivering on what he asked for. But, like the real life Office alum told me, he had nothing but a blast working with The King of Queens actor, who echoed that same sentiment to me later on. As Oswalt put it: He was as fun as you think he would be. I was absolutely delighted. It was really fun to tear it up in a scene with him and play these amplified mutated versions of ourselves. I'm speaking for myself, but I think we both had a blast. The good news is that we don't have to worry about Brian Baumgartner and Patton Oswalt becoming mortal enemies in the Suits LA world. It turned out that Erica Rollins asked Oswalt prior to the meeting to deliberately rile Baumgartner up to test his determination to win an Oscar, as she knew what it was like to be underestimated. With the Kevin Malone actor still unwilling to back down from this goal, Erica was pleased her plan worked and threw her support behind Baumgartner. However, Baumgartner asked that she still be ready to book comedic roles in case the dramatic acting doesn't work out. Suits LA airs Sundays at 9 pm ET on NBC. Next week's episode, 'Batman Returns,' will see Suits' Gabriel Macht returning as Harvey Specter for the first of three episodes he has lined up, and it was also announced a few days ago that Rick Hoffman will reprise Louis Litt later this season. Meanwhile, I'll be over here rooting for you, Fictional Brian, and hopefully you and Fictional Patton can have a less heated conversation the next time you run into each other.
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10-03-2025
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‘Suits LA' Creator Says Meta ‘The Office' Cameo Is Just the Beginning
'Suits LA' went meta for its latest case, which that creator Aaron Korsh hopes will lead to more real-life Hollywood stars popping up on the NBC spinoff series. Episode 3, titled 'He Knew,' follows as Erica (Lex Scott Davis) helps 'The Office' star Brian Baumgartner — a client of the firm — with his desire to seek advice on pivoting his acting career from comedy into serious dramatic roles. At the start of the episode he demands the firm set him up with a meeting with Tom Hanks, but both Erica and her assistant Leah (Alice Lee) know they could never make that happen. Instead, Leah sets up a meeting between the actor behind Kevin Malone and Patton Oswalt, who also plays himself and comes with sage advice for the veteran comedian. The enounter was equal parts earnest and hilarious, as the two actors bickered about their standing in the entertainment business. 'The two of them were willing to make fun of themselves, so they really committed to the part,' Korsh told TheWrap. 'It was great.' Korsh said that the cameos came about as he hoped to set up 'Suits LA' to comment or poke fun at Hollywood with some of its weekly cases. He teased actor Enrico Colantoni ('The English Teacher,' 'Veronica Mars') makes a similar cameo later in the season as another client. 'The dream would be that people start reaching out [to come on the show,]' he said. 'When people see what it is that we're doing, they might enjoy wanting to try it. It involves a lot of trust on an actor's part for them to come on. But I think it's worked out beyond my wildest dreams. I hope we can continue to do it.' In the meantime, 'Suits LA' will be welcoming original series star Gabriel Macht in next week's new episode, kicking off a multi-episode arc for Harvey Specter. The episode also followed as Ted' (Stephen Amell) dealt with the latest hurdle in the big murder case of the season so far. After his client's wife hires Stuart (Josh McDermitt) to help with her divorce proceedings, tensions reach new heights between the former partners. Korsh said the two very different cases present the variety of cases that the new spinoff will take on throughout Season 1. 'Where the original 'Suits' was mainly focused on corporate law and, to some degree, the characters were like a hybrid of lawyers and investment bankers, in this case, one is criminal law and then we have the Hollywood-specific cases that allow us to have real actors playing heightened versions of themselves,' he said. 'That lets us have a lot of fun at ourselves and at the entertainment business in general.' 'Suits LA' airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and airs the next day on Peacock. The post 'Suits LA' Creator Says Meta 'The Office' Cameo Is Just the Beginning appeared first on TheWrap.
