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05-02-2025
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'Suits'' Gina Torres Says It Got 'Harder to Walk Through Airports' Following the Show's Resurgence on Netflix
Gina Torres is revealing how being on Suits changed her life. In a recent interview The Hollywood Reporter, the actress, 55, shared her reaction to the rise in popularity of Suits after it started streaming on Netflix in 2023. Although the series ended in 2019 and Torres left in 2016, she said it has only become more common for people to recognize her for her role as Jessica Pearson. 'I don't know what to make of it, honestly,' she shared. 'It has gotten harder to walk through airports, that much I can tell you, for sure. I think it is indicative of what a great show it was. It taps into a kind of aspirational drive that we all have for ourselves and maybe a future that we see for ourselves." She continued: "To be that impossibly witty, that impossibly well-dressed, and that impossibly good-looking all the time, is impossible. But why the hell not try? Why the hell not?' Related: Suits Stars Patrick J. Adams, Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty and Gina Torres Reunite at 2024 Golden Globes Reflecting on playing a lawyer at a prestigious law firm in Suits and later EMS captain Tommy Vega in 9-1-1: Lone Star (which came to an end with its Feb. 3 series finale), Torres said she takes pride in playing such strong characters. 'I feel personally responsible for entirely too many new attorneys in the world, but maybe I will get to counterbalance that with more first responders in the world,' she joked. 'We'll see!' Related: Gina Torres Says 'It's Sad' 9-1-1 Lone Star Was Canceled After 5 Seasons: 'Nobody Wants That' (Exclusive) She also noted that being a woman in these powerful roles makes it all the better. 'I love being a woman. I enjoy being a woman. I have no desire to be anything other than who I am, and I enjoy the body that I'm in, and so I bring that to all of my characters, until there comes a time where my character is not written in that way,' she said. 'So I don't see my sex, my gender, as a detriment to anything that I can do. It certainly does not disqualify me from being a boss, from being intelligent, from being capable. So, why would I sacrifice any part of that in a part that I'm playing?' She then explained: 'Too often, we are told historically, as you mentioned, that that can't happen; that you have to be a man in a man's world. You have to pull all of that up to be able to compete. I disagree. I think it's far more powerful and far more interesting to not bow and bend the knee to the masculine in the room. There's no need to.' With a Suits spinoff, Suits LA, in the works and 9-1-1: Lone Star's predecessor 9-1-1 still on air, Torres addressed the possibility of reprising any of her iconic roles. 'I have no idea. I really can't speak to Suits LA at all. I haven't spoken to anybody,' she confessed. 'I wish them the best, though. I really do hope they have a great ride and that they enjoy what hopefully is getting ready to happen.' 'The 9-1-1 universe — again, I have no idea,' she added. 'I don't know what goes on in these guys' brains!' As for what she does think her next job will be, Torres said she hopes to continue the path she has been on. 'I think in line with what I was just talking about, there are so many different ways of being a woman in the world, right? And I'm dedicated to exploring as many of those ways as possible,' she explained. 'I've often said it's lovely to be able to play those women who don't have every answer, who aren't sure of what comes next, someone who really might let her lesser angels dictate what her next move is going to be. I think that's great, and I see that in the future for myself. There's certainly some comedy that comes of that, so we'll see. I'm so grateful for everything that's come along.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Seasons 1-9 of Suits are available to stream on Netflix. Read the original article on People
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04-02-2025
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'Suits'' Gina Torres Says It Got 'Harder to Walk Through Airports' Following the Show's Resurgence on Netflix
Gina Torres is revealing how being on Suits changed her life. In a recent interview The Hollywood Reporter, the actress, 55, shared her reaction to the rise in popularity of Suits after it started streaming on Netflix in 2023. Although the series ended in 2019 and Torres left in 2016, she said it has only become more common for people to recognize her for her role as Jessica Pearson. 'I don't know what to make of it, honestly,' she shared. 'It has gotten harder to walk through airports, that much I can tell you, for sure. I think it is indicative of what a great show it was. It taps into a kind of aspirational drive that we all have for ourselves and maybe a future that we see for ourselves." She continued: "To be that impossibly witty, that impossibly well-dressed, and that impossibly good-looking all the time, is impossible. But why the hell not try? Why the hell not?' Related: Suits Stars Patrick J. Adams, Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty and Gina Torres Reunite at 2024 Golden Globes Reflecting on playing a lawyer at a prestigious law firm in Suits and later EMS captain Tommy Vega in 9-1-1: Lone Star (which came to an end with its Feb. 3 series finale), Torres said she takes pride in playing such strong characters. 'I feel personally responsible for entirely too many new attorneys in the world, but maybe I will get to counterbalance that with more first responders in the world,' she joked. 'We'll see!' Related: Gina Torres Says 'It's Sad' 9-1-1 Lone Star Was Canceled After 5 Seasons: 'Nobody Wants That' (Exclusive) She also noted that being a woman in these powerful roles makes it all the better. 'I love being a woman. I enjoy being a woman. I have no desire to be anything other than who I am, and I enjoy the body that I'm in, and so I bring that to all of my characters, until there comes a time where my character is not written in that way,' she said. 'So I don't see my sex, my gender, as a detriment to anything that I can do. It certainly does not disqualify me from being a boss, from being intelligent, from being capable. So, why would I sacrifice any part of that in a part that I'm playing?' She then explained: 'Too often, we are told historically, as you mentioned, that that can't happen; that you have to be a man in a man's world. You have to pull all of that up to be able to compete. I disagree. I think it's far more powerful and far more interesting to not bow and bend the knee to the masculine in the room. There's no need to.' With a Suits spinoff, Suits LA, in the works and 9-1-1: Lone Star's predecessor 9-1-1 still on air, Torres addressed the possibility of reprising any of her iconic roles. 'I have no idea. I really can't speak to Suits LA at all. I haven't spoken to anybody,' she confessed. 'I wish them the best, though. I really do hope they have a great ride and that they enjoy what hopefully is getting ready to happen.' 'The 9-1-1 universe — again, I have no idea,' she added. 'I don't know what goes on in these guys' brains!' As for what she does think her next job will be, Torres said she hopes to continue the path she has been on. 'I think in line with what I was just talking about, there are so many different ways of being a woman in the world, right? And I'm dedicated to exploring as many of those ways as possible,' she explained. 'I've often said it's lovely to be able to play those women who don't have every answer, who aren't sure of what comes next, someone who really might let her lesser angels dictate what her next move is going to be. I think that's great, and I see that in the future for myself. There's certainly some comedy that comes of that, so we'll see. I'm so grateful for everything that's come along.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Seasons 1-9 of Suits are available to stream on Netflix. Read the original article on People
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28-01-2025
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'9-1-1: Lone Star' Appears to Kill Off Major Character in Episode Ahead of Series Finale
Tommy Vega received some shocking news ahead of the 9-1-1: Lone Star finale. In the Jan. 27 episode, Tommy (Gina Torres) found out she had an inoperable tumor pressing against her aorta. Viewers last see Tommy lying on the couch, leaving it questionable at the end of the episode, which comes one week ahead of 9-1-1: Lone Star's series finale, as to whether she survived after months of unsuccessful chemo treatments. Torres, 55, told TVLine that Tommy will appear in the finale, but she did not confirm in what capacity. Related: Gina Torres Says 'It's Sad' 9-1-1 Lone Star Was Canceled After 5 Seasons: 'Nobody Wants That' (Exclusive) Tommy didn't tell her twin daughters about the diagnosis in the Jan. 27 episode, instead opting to ask them to send selfies when she chatted with them via FaceTime, but her late husband Charles (Derek Webster) showed up in an unexplained fantastical way to give her some guidance. Torres called the reunion, which her character credits to having a stroke, with Webster, 44, 'very emotional.' 'It was hard with this fantastical situation where she isn't sure how much of it is actually happening,' she said to TVLine. 'Modulating that emotionally so that the audience buys it was the toughest part.' The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Showrunner Rashad Raisani told Variety he always planned for Tommy to reunite with Charles, who died from an aneurysm in season 2. 'I've said when we did this whole journey with Tommy's cancer and with Gina, the actor, as well is we really were going to have to go all the way,' Raisani, 45, said. 'And a big part of it was also an opportunity in this episode for Tommy to have it come full circle. And to be to be frank, I took a lot of heat for ending the Trevor and Tommy relationship, but part of why we did it is because I knew this was where we wanted to take her character full circle with this love of her life.' The dream-like reunion came from Raisani's own experience with the death of his mom.'My mom, right before she passed, I was in her hospital room, and she was telling me about how her mom and dad had come to visit her that morning. And it was so vivid for her,' he recalled. 'She wasn't saying it as if, 'Oh, they're ghosts.' She was just saying it as if it happened. And then she passed not long after, and it gave her such comfort. And I think that stuck with me.' Raisani also planned to leave that cliffhanger at the end of Lone Star's penultimate episode. 'I hope we left some questions in people's minds that they'll want to come back one more time and see how it ends,' he told Entertainment Weekly. Related: 9-1-1: Lone Star's Rob Lowe Teases 'Insane' Train Derailment Arc in Season 5 (Exclusive) The Jan. 27 episode additionally showed the 126 crew faced with an asteroid that's expected to hit Austin, which star Rob Lowe speculated might make his character, firefighter captain Owen Strand, part of the finale's death toll. "Is there a world where Owen dies heroically? Does he live, does he not? And same for everybody else," Lowe, 60, told EW. "This is a show where it's totally organic on any given day that any one of these characters could have something really bad happen to them. I mean, that's not pushed reality — it's the reality of what first responders go through. So we were debating, 'Do we want to push that button ... and for who?'" Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The 9-1-1: Lone Star finale airs Monday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m. on Fox. Read the original article on People
