A LITTLE SUMMER
Bromance
Breckin Meyer and Mark-Paul Gosselaar Walk The Line Between Drama and Comedy By Patrick Douglas
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If you’re looking for a legal team who will put a nicely shaped woman on the stand and have her remove her top in an effort to distract the jury, look no further than Jared Franklin and Peter Bash. They’re not your average defense team, more resembling a couple of college dropouts on spring break. They’re the type of lawyers you’d want to hire if you wanted to go out for drinks after a day in court. TNT is bringing the duo out as part of their summer programming and while there have been other shows with lackadaisical lawyers in the past, there hasn’t been a team like this before. “I don’t watch a ton of procedurals, but when I read this script, what I liked is
that we went home with the characters,” said Breckin Meyer, who plays Jared Franklin. “They live together and we really get to know them. I like that we follow two single street lawyers who have lives outside of the courtroom.” “There are some clever one-liners (too). We have some great writers,” added co-star Mark-Paul Gosselaar. “And a lot of those one-liners come from Breckin and myself bantering and just having a good time with the material. (What) stood out immediately in reading this (was) the comedy, the bromance, if you will, of the two main characters.” The two actors offer up roles where we don’t see the typical straight man thrown in with the goofball. They’re both a little immature and each one has a
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