From Hart of Dixie to Friday Evening Lights, Scott Porter has been on many star-studded reveals — however which of his former costars is he hoping will make an look on Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia?
“Cress Williams and I labored collectively on Friday Evening Lights. Then we labored collectively on Hart of Dixie. Then I labored with Brianne Howey on Hart of Dixie — and now we’re working collectively right here,” Porter, 54, completely advised Us Weekly. “So perhaps Cress ought to come alongside over right here for the third time.”
Porter modified his thoughts, nonetheless, when he realized the present doesn’t “want any extra good wanting guys.”
“I’m already competing with [Nathan Mitchell‘s] Zion and with [Raymond Ablack‘s] Joe,” he quipped. “However I’ve been so lucky to work with so many — not solely extremely gifted actors — however unimaginable people. I’m nonetheless associates with Rachel [Bilson], nonetheless associates with Wilson [Bethel]. Willie and I nonetheless discuss loads to this present day.”
What about Friday Evening Lights? “Zach Gilford and I are [close]. I’d like it if Zach would swing by. Come on, we will get him on the present for a minute. Zach can play something,” Porter added. “However Gaius Charles and I are nonetheless good associates [too]. The record goes on and on. So anyone we may get from these reveals.”
Earlier than Ginny & Georgia, Porter performed our favourite small city lawyer George Tucker on Hart of Dixie. The CW collection, which ran from 2011 to 2015, featured George in a love triangle with Zoe (Bilson) and Lemon (Jaime King), however Zoe additionally had a romance with Wade (Bethel).
“George was a multitude — particularly relationship clever,” Porter joked. “He was bouncing far and wide. He wasn’t certain what he was on the lookout for. He was in love with Zoe one minute. He was in love with [Wade’s ex-wife] Tansy the subsequent. There’s nothing improper with it. He was looking for himself and develop into himself. So I believe should you get Paul and George collectively, it’s going to be a catastrophe.”
Porter beforehand weighed in on Us’ pitch about Bilson, 43, being forged as a brand new love curiosity for his character on the Netflix hit, saying, “I believe Paul is in such a spot the place he can’t even take into consideration a relationship proper now. Simply the tumult that he has been by way of — simply the excessive dryer cycle he’s been tumbling by way of proper now.”
He continued: “His head is spinning and his profession is on the road. I believe Paul goes to focus up slightly bit. I don’t suppose he’s going to have the flexibility, the guts or the mind energy to have the ability to forge a brand new relationship.”
Porter initially received Us over as Jason Road on Friday Evening Lights, which aired on NBC from 2006 to 2011 and adopted a highschool soccer staff in a fictional Texas city.
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“I’d love to come back again — after all — however provided that it actually suits the story that they’re attempting to inform,” Porter advised Us concerning the upcoming reboot, which was introduced in December 2024. “I’ve nothing however belief and love for [executive producer] Peter Berg and [showrunner] Jason Katims and the entire inventive staff that’s coming again. In the event that they ask, then one hundred pc, but when not, I’m so happy with the best way Jason’s story ended.”
For now, nonetheless, Porter is concentrated on season 4 of Ginny & Georgia. Regardless of Paul’s tough time on the present, Porter has remained hopeful that issues will flip round quickly.
“There’s elements of Paul we nonetheless don’t perceive and we haven’t seen. So his resilience and the way he rebounds from this in season 4, I’d like to see a few of that. I’d like to see slightly little bit of the previous Paul,” he famous. “We’ve heard how good he’s at his job. He was elected mayor earlier than Georgia ever walked into his life. I’d like to see that combat, that wit, that appeal come again slightly bit in season 4.”
Ginny & Georgia is presently streaming on Netflix.
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