Patrick J. Adams addresses ‘Fits’ 2023 resurgence, rewatch podcast ‘Sidebar’

Patrick J. Adams thought Fits “was over” till the 2023 resurgence.

The actor shared his ideas on the resurgence of the hit collection and his rewatch podcast Sidebar with co-star Sarah Rafferty.

“I don’t know that I used to be [proud] earlier than,” the 43-year-old opened up on Jesse Tyler Ferguson’s Dinner’s on Me podcast on Tuesday, November 26.

“I feel what we’re doing with the podcast is perhaps making an attempt to test into that a bit of bit extra. The satisfaction. Not satisfaction solely, however gratitude and pleasure round it and be like, ‘Have a look at what we did. That is actually good.’”

The Plan B star, who performed the function of lawyer Mike Ross within the authorized drama from 2011 to 2018, revealed that he solely watched just a few episodes of the present earlier than it climbed to being beloved amongst “audiences” once more in 2023.

“I’d get too in my head,” Adams shared. 

“After which one thing concerning the resurgence a few years in the past after which seeing that each one these individuals have been doing these rewatch reveals and pondering like, ‘Wait a minute. We may do this? Like, it might be enjoyable.’ I really like podcasts. And I really like having the ability to sit and discuss to Sarah and different individuals alongside the best way, however wish to formalize the method of it.”

Adams thinks the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes from final yr have a task within the resurgence of Fits.

“It definitely reached an entire new viewers of individuals and all of the individuals who watched it the primary time, watched it once more,” he advised Ferguson, 49.

“I felt it on the earth … abruptly individuals have been all in favour of Mike Ross once more. I used to be like, ‘What’s occurring? I believed this was over.’”