Eric Roberts solely appeared in a handful of episodes of the hit authorized drama Fits, however even he’s completely satisfied to see the collection achieve a second life.
Talking to sondramedia, Roberts famous that he’d by no means been part of a mission that had such a delayed response. He joked that after its preliminary success, he now has younger youngsters saying “hello” to him as a result of they acknowledge him from the present.
“Nicely, I’ve by no means been concerned in that sort of delayed response and that it was a success,” mentioned Roberts. “And we bought, we bought consideration each professionally and privately. After which it went away, after which it exploded. And we, and, and, after which these 12-year-old women have been saying hello to me now as a result of “I like you on Fits.” They know nothing about my profession, however they only inform me from that present. So I’ve a complete new viewers now. It’s actually sort of enjoyable.”
Roberts referred to as Fits one of many “hardest jobs ever”
Regardless of solely being in 9 episodes of the collection, Roberts mentioned that being on the present was enjoyable, however very arduous as a consequence of all of the monologues and longer speeches required of the characters.
“That present is a lot enjoyable. I gotta let you know, that group was so on it, nevertheless it was the toughest job I ever had,” Roberts mentioned. “As a result of we communicate in monologues on a regular basis, speeches, they usually hand you rewrites each 5 minutes. It’s a really arduous present to maintain up with. However it’s a improbable group, each certainly one of ’em, particularly [actor Gabe Macht]. I like him.”
Roberts appeared in Fits as Charles Forstman, a billionaire banker who appeared all through the collection’ run. Initially premiering in 2011 on the USA Community, Fits was a extremely profitable present that ran for 9 seasons in whole. After its conclusion in 2019, the present would go on to get an unimaginable resurgence in reputation after it was added to Netflix and Peacock in 2023. On account of the present’s success, a spin-off collection titled Fits: L.A., is now in improvement.
