Gina Torres is leaving "Suits" after six seasons of playing top corporate lawyer Jessica Pearson. However, she won't be without work for long as the actress has snagged a part in Shonda Rhimes' "The Catch" on ABC. The actress has spoken up about why she left her former cable series, as her new show begins its filming for Season 2.
In an interview with New York Times, Gina Torres said that her contract was up on "Suits" and she opted not to renew this. She spent the last six years flying to Toronto -- where the show is being filmed, from Los Angeles -- where she is based with husband Laurence Fishburne. "My personal life needed to be tended to," the actress added.
With her recurring character on "The Catch" Season 2, Gina Torres won't have to travel far because the show's filming locations are in Los Angeles and Texas. Deadline reports that little details have been revealed as to her character on "The Catch." Shonda Rhimes' production is wary about spoilers leaking out, hence the secrecy about plots and casting.
Gina Torres also joins T.R. Knight as the newest additions in this exciting drama about a private investigator played by Mireille Enos. "The Catch" is expected to return to ABC in the mid-season schedule.
"The Catch" was also a mid-season offering on ABC in the last season. The show debuted in March 2016 and ran for short 10 episodes. Mireille Enos is Alice Vaughan on "The Catch," who manages a private investigation firm that only deals with affluent clients. Playing opposite Enos is Peter Krause, as Benjamin Jones, Vaughan's fiancé who turned out to be a con artist.
In "The Catch's" first season run, Jones ended up in jail to save Vaughan, who was supposed to be the one under arrest. It's still unclear where the show will go after the cliffhanger last season. Based on "The Catch" writers' Twitter page, filming for Season 2 has already started. Shonda Rhimes also announced, via Twitter, that the cast has had their first table read in late August.
