On the "Hollywood & Levine" podcast, Aaron Korsh admitted that he was no fan of the father and son dynamic that the network was pushing. Moreover, he wasn't interested in writing a 50-something lothario. As Korsh said, "If this guy is 50 years old and still hitting on women... That's not great, right?"
Making Harvey be in his 30s, he said, allowed the character to have some room for growth, whereas a father figure might be more set in his ways. "[If] you're in your mid-late 30s, you're a little stunted. You have growing to do," Korsh went on. "But you're not, like, 50 years old living that single, you know, womanizing life."
Flipping the script on Harvey wasn't the only early change to "Suits." Korsh also explained that when he first envisioned the series, it was intended to be a 30-minute comedy in the style of "Entourage." Instead of lawyers, the characters were initially investment bankers on Wall Street. Their jobs changed at the behest of a USA Network executive, who insisted that the show be told as a case-of-the-week drama. "I thought the only way to do that was to make them lawyers," Korsh said.
Kosh is once again embracing the lawyer formula for his next series, a "Suits" spin-off set in Los Angeles. The show is set to follow a 30-something entertainment lawyer named Erica. Korsh has stayed relatively mum on the topic, but as far as we know, he's still dodging a father-son dynamic.
