{"id":101231,"date":"2022-05-21T05:18:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/christopher-gorham-becki-newton-revive-ugly-betty-characters-on-the-lincoln-lawyer-set\/"},"modified":"2022-05-21T05:18:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T23:48:11","slug":"christopher-gorham-becki-newton-revive-ugly-betty-characters-on-the-lincoln-lawyer-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/christopher-gorham-becki-newton-revive-ugly-betty-characters-on-the-lincoln-lawyer-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Gorham & Becki Newton Revive \u2018Ugly Betty\u2019 Characters On \u2018The Lincoln Lawyer\u2019 Set"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Gorham and Becki Newton revived their Ugly Betty<\/em> <\/a>characters Henry Grubstick and Amanda Tanen, respectively, for a couple of silly skits while working on the set of their new series, Netflix\u2019s The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a video exclusive to Deadline (above), Amanda has spotted a man who looks identical to Henry, Betty Suarez\u2019s (America Ferrera) boyfriend. While in shock, she calls up her bestie Marc (Michael Urie) to dish about this mysterious guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarc, it\u2019s me. I have something important to tell you,\u201d she tells the person on the line. \u201cGrubstick has a twin who is really hot. I just saw him and I\u2019m going to text you pictures all day. Ok, stay tuned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gorham laughs while thinking about making the videos with Newton, who he says is one of the costars he\u2019s seen regularly since his time on Ugly Betty<\/em> ended. Although the pair only had a few days where their schedules coincided while on The Lincoln Lawyer,<\/em> they definitely had the past on their minds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t remember when was the last time I saw Becki before The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em>, but we always saw each other once every couple of years, at least,\u201d Gorham tells Deadline. \u201cI remember feeling really nervous when we were negotiating with the Netflix series because I thought the producers would put together that Becki and I had worked together before. I also worried they\u2019d not give me the part because [my character] Trevor Elliot is so unlike Henry Grubstick. She was the first person I told after it was all done and it was really great to work with her again. She\u2019s a total sweetheart.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newton wasn\u2019t the only person in the cast of the Netflix series Gorham has previously worked with. In 1997, he appeared in four episodes of Party of Five\u00a0<\/em>alongside Neve Campbell, who portrays Maggy McPherson in The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I did Party of Five<\/em>, Neve and I shared some scenes but we didn\u2019t really interact so we didn\u2019t spend a lot of time together back then. I mostly worked with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Scott Wolf,\u201d he shares. \u201cThis time around, we got to know each other better. She was so lovely and really sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gorham\u2019s role in The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em> was pretty opposite to most of the characters he\u2019s brought to life throughout his career. Trevor is a tech bro accused of killing his wife and her lover who ends up with a new attorney, Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia Rulfo) after his first lawyer was murdered.<\/p>\n

Spoiler Alert: If you haven\u2019t finished watching the series, the following contains major plot points from the finale.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got the first script, I didn\u2019t know on that first read that he did it,\u201d Gorham reveals. \u201cHaving done enough television, we work really hard in the first and second scenes to make him seem innocent and trustworthy. So I was pretty sure that he did do it, but I didn\u2019t know right off the bat. In fact, after I got cast, it was one of the first questions that [executive producer] Ted [Humprey] asked me. I told him he probably did kill his wife, but that it is really important to plan so that the audience doesn\u2019t know that. The way I did that was by deciding that despite the violence and all the other stuff, Trevor did love his wife. And that Mickey was right about him having become addicted to success, money, and the attention he got from taking credit for Lara\u2019s breakthrough. It\u2019s kind of tragic because the drug wins and it\u2019s really not a happy ending for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThat cocktail party scene where Trevor finally takes off his mask and is such an asshole to Mickey was so great. It\u2019s really fun to be the bad guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lincoln Lawyer<\/em> is available to stream in its entirety via Netflix.<\/p>\n

Gorham\u2019s second Ugly Betty<\/em> skit with Becki Newton can be found below.<\/p>\n

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