‘Suits’ renewed for season 8 but you won’t see Patrick J Adams in it
It was a bitter-sweet day for the Suits fans.
While the show was officially renewed for the eighth season, but one of series` leading stars, Patrick J Adams, announced that he is exiting the legal drama.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the longtime star of the series will be exiting the series after the end of the current seventh season, which will kick off its final episodes on Wednesday, March 28.
When asked what prompted him to leave the show, Adams said, “I started thinking about leaving at the end of the first half of season six, after Mike was released from prison.
“From a story point of view, I was a little unsure of what was left for him to do. Mike had made the pledge during his trial that if he were allowed to continue to practice the law, he would dedicate his time and energy to underrepresented people and not big, corporate interests.”
Adams, who essays the role of Michael Ross in the show, said he decided to walk away from the show halfway through filming season seven.
“As we were starting to talk about renegotiating contracts, I took a moment. Everybody was going full steam ahead and I stopped and said, ‘We …read more