The Fits L.A. star spoke to TooFab concerning the spinoff of the fan-favorite collection, and the recommendation he acquired from Fits O.G. Gabriel Macht that helped preserve perspective as he entered into the franchise.

“He was speaking about when he signed on to do the unique collection, they shot it in New York, however then they moved the present to Toronto and he lived in New York. And after we did our present, our pilot, we shot it in Vancouver after which it moved to L.A. and he simply stated, needless to say, that you simply simply preserve that perspective,” shared McDermitt.

“He is like, ‘It may very well be that you’d be working in one other city. So do not ever take as a right that you simply’re working within the city you reside in and that you simply get to have ‘Fits L.A.’ shoot in L.A,’” he continued. “And he was telling that to Brian Greenberg and I, and it was a pleasant perspective to have referred to as out for us.”

He continued, “You are simply dwelling your life and also you’re doing all your factor. And possibly you overlook that, like, oh, ‘We’re very blessed to be working, primary, however extra blessed to be working in L.A. when there’s a lot manufacturing that is moved out of city.’ And that was one thing that was a pleasant perspective to similar to be grateful and and type of take stock of that each infrequently and go, ‘Yeah, that is nice. That is very nice.’”

It was additionally nice to have him on the spinoff, with McDermitt telling Toofab there can be no Fits L.A. with out Macht, who reprises his function of Harvey Specter on the collection.

“It is actually nice to have his blessing on the present and for him to return do it. And I see him doing press for it for the for our present,” McDermitt, who performs lawyer Stuart Lane on the present, gushed. “And, you recognize, there is no such thing as a Fits L.A. with out Gabriel Macht and the forged and crew that made Fits. So we’re very, very grateful for that.”

Whereas Fits L.A. did relocate the franchise to the town of its namesake, manufacturing initially began in Vancouver, the place he acquired the the prospect to bond with co-star Stephen Amell, who performs leisure legal professional, Ted Black. And although the pair had crossed paths at Comedian-Cons through the years, with McDermitt on The Strolling Lifeless and Amell on Arrow, making ready for Fits was the primary time the on-screen friends-turned-enemies-turned associates once more actually acquired to know one another.

“We’ll do the autograph signing conventions, the Comedian-Con issues and once you’re doing these, you are type of at your individual little desk and also you’re in your individual little world, however I would met him briefly in passing a pair instances. I do not know if he remembers it. , it is not like we sat and talked,” McDermitt shared earlier than teasing a spoiler forward to return this season.

“I will not say who as a result of it is a spoiler, however we simply had a buddy of mine come on the present and do a visitor spot, and Steven solely is aware of him from the Comedian-Con circuit, wow, and he is like, ‘Oh, I am used to seeing you out these items,’ and so they’ve truly frolicked collectively,’” he continued. “I acquired slightly jealous, I used to be like, ‘How did you’ve gotten time to try this, as a result of I by no means really feel like I’ve time at these issues to get to know anyone.”

He continued, “What was nice about after we had been taking pictures the pilot, particularly like if Stuart and Ted had been going to be greatest associates within the present, it was that we would have liked to spend time collectively, and we acquired as much as Vancouver like a month or two earlier than we shot the pilot. They shot Arrow up there and Steven nonetheless has so many associates up there, and he simply stored inviting me out to hang around together with his associates. And it was — he is acquired an ideal group of associates, like, very nice, real folks. I imply, they’re all Canadian, so yeah very good.”

“It says lots about an individual with who they encompass themselves with. And I simply bear in mind considering like, ‘Oh, that is very nice. That is going to be a enjoyable expertise with him,’” McDermitt added.

Fits L.A. additionally provides McDermitt the prospect to rock his pure locks, buying and selling at midnight mullet and, finally, braid he was identified for as Eugene on The Strolling Lifeless for a blonde ‘do and a beard. Whereas a few of his collaborators knew who he was regardless of the change in look, that wasn’t true of everybody.

“My first and second season on Strolling Lifeless, I went and did just a few episodes of Mad Males. And so once I got here again to begin taking pictures on Strolling Lifeless, I confirmed up with blonde hair, however all people knew it was me instantly. And I believed they would not know,” he advised TooFab.

“I used to be like, ‘Oh, I acquired blonde hair and it is quick. Like they don’t seem to be going to know something as a result of they might clip in extensions and so they hadn’t dyed my hair again but.’ However no, all of them knew. And I believe folks acknowledge it,” McDermitt insisted. “However the different factor is there’s a whole lot of crew members who watched Strolling Lifeless. I imply, we had a few of our transportation guys, we have been working with all of them season, and simply final week, he is like, ‘Dude, I simply realized who you had been. I like Strolling Lifeless.’ Like, they simply do not know. That is type of enjoyable is to look at that pleasure and the belief occur in actual time.”

With the thrill from followers of established franchises like TWD and Fits additionally comes a little bit of strain — one thing he says he and his Fits L.A. co-stars are very my conscious of.

“I believe there’s all the time going to be strain it doesn’t matter what present we do, even when Fits did not exist and we had been simply another present referred to as Fits L.A. that had nothing to do with Fits. There can be strain,” he defined. “However there’s strain in that individuals have expectations and that is the fan’s present and we wish to do a very good job. We wish to — it is our work that that’s going to be put into it. So we simply we put that strain on ourselves already. However the truth that, yeah, there is a fervor with these people that it is like, they’re geeked up. They’re excited.”

Even McDermitt’s personal father is fan of the unique collection — which got here as a shock to him after he advised him he’d be filming the spinoff.

“My very own dad, like, he’s like the most important OG Fits fan. I did not even know that. He is like extra excited than anybody I’ve ever talked to about Fits L.A. And it is like, that is what I’ve to consider is persons are enthusiastic about this. ‘Do not screw this up, you recognize?’” he quipped.

Fits L.A. airs Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET on NBC.