Gabriel Macht on ‘Suits LA’ Cameo & Passing the Baton to Stephen Amell (Exclusive)

Gabriel Macht is reprising his role as Harvey Specter in several episodes of “Suits LA.”

“Extra” spoke with Gabriel at the show’s L.A. premiere, where he dished on his role on the series, revealing how his character Harvey fits in with Stephen Amell’s character.

He teased, “I can tell you that Ted and Harvey come from the same cloth. I can tell you that when someone sends a signal, someone appears.”

“I think they mean a lot to each other and their friendship goes deep,” Macht went on. “He’s in trouble and it’s personal and it’s very similar to how Harvey responds to certain things. Things become personal and when he needs help, he goes to somebody who can be by his side and so that’s the reason I think Harvey comes into this space."

Macht was looking forward to working with Amell, who he met for the first time at the premiere.

He commented, “I’m going to work next week so I’m looking forward to it… I’m excited to be here. I’m really here to pass the baton and give some support to the show and sort of just say that, you know, I believe in it. I believe in the universe.”

Gabriel raved about Stephen, saying, “I’ve seen some of the images, I’ve seen some of the, you know, trailers and stuff and he seems totally on point. I have all the confidence in the world for all of these guys. This West Coast version of the show… It’s unique in its own identity but it will have the same syntax, the same rhythms, because it’s the same writers and a lot of the same directors.”

“It was another reason for me to come back,” Macht emphasized. “I know the rhythms and I know the people working on it and I thought this would be a good week.”

"Extra" also spoke with Stephen, who also shared how Ted is different from Harvey of “Suits."

He shared, “They have a similar foundation that they were both federal prosecutors, but I mean entertainment law and corporate law, like the things that Harvey was doing, I mean that’s obviously… very different fields, just in terms of like the type of people that you’re dealing with."

Amell added, "Harvey was very much, didn’t like to talk about himself. Ted’s a little more of an open book… you get to know a very personal, vulnerable side of him in the early part of the show.”

Stephen wasn’t giving too away about Gabriel’s role, quipping, "He is a heck of a shortstop."

The show's creator Aaron Korsh came up with the idea that Ted and Harvey played baseball together on a prosecutors league team, when Ted was a U.S. Attorney and Harvey was in the DA's office.

Amell added of Macht, "I'm excited to work with him. I think that he created an iconic character, that is a feat unto itself. I'm excited to see how the sausage is made, I guess. I'm excited to see him work."