It’s a multiverse mashup we could not have imagined: The cast ofSuitsinvolved in a legal drama inJudge Judy’s courtroom — within a Super Bowl commercial.
In a PEOPLE exclusive,e.l.f. Cosmeticsis premiering it’s 60-second commercial spot titled“Judge Beauty” — starring Judge Judy, in her first-ever commercial appearance. And joining the Emmy-award-winning legal icon are three stars fromSuits: Gina Torres and Rick Hoffman (who play courtroom adversaries in the spot) and Sarah Rafferty as the court reporter.This all comes, of course, on the heels of news that the former USA Network series was the most streamed show last year after dropping on Netflix.
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And since the commercial is all about beauty misdemeanors, PEOPLE asked the threeSuitsstars to confess their real-life criminally aesthetic acts.
For Torres: “Back in the day, thin brows.” For Rafferty: “Growing up, there was some really, really shiny lipstick. Silver City Pink lipstick. Very silvery!”
“The frost!” Torres remembers.
For Hoffman, it’s a matter of sunblock, or lack thereof. “I should listen to Sarah,” he says, remembering a trip to Australia the two took. “I should listen to her, it would be helpful — and so I don’t look like a leather bag one day.”
“I do worry about the amount of time I spend thinking about your skin,” she says.
Not only did theSuitstrio jump at the chance to work together once again, but they were also thrilled at the opportunity to meet Judge Judy.“I made a fool of myself,” Hoffman says, “I literally became starstruck just because for years, I grew up watching her. And then ultimately, I was like, ‘I have to ask her to make a video for my mom.'" She agreed to do it. “I have a video of you making your video,” Rafferty tells him. “I’ll text it to you.”
This Super Bowl reunion comes on the heels of theotherreunion, at this year’s Golden Globes Awards, whereTorres and Rafferty presented with Patrick J. Adams and Gabriel Macht.Torres, who played the steely managing partner Jessica Pearson, says therenewed interest in the showhas been, “kind of odd and wonderful. It’s like, ‘Oh, right. They’re still here. They did incredible work.'”
Hoffman, who played the sometimes-villainous Louis Litt, was thrilled to work again with Torres and Rafferty. “It was peak happiness.” Adds Rafferty, who played legal secretary turned chief operating officer Donna Paulsen, “It was like coming home.”
Says Torres, “I have no information on that.”
Rafferty says, “I mean, if they need Donna and I’m assuming if they need — I’m just gonna speak for my friends here — Jessica or Lewis, we’ll all put on our high heels and we’ll march on up to Vancouver!”
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Itisinteresting, the three agree, to wonder what their characters are currently up to, off in another part of the multiverse.
Torres pauses. “I mean what is Jessica Pearson doing at any given moment in time? Sharpening her stilettos and figuring out which corner of the world she’s going to take over next!”
Hoffman thinks his character is, “probably causing a lot of chaos, but then at some point, somehow making up for the crap that he just laid in the office. And he somehow cleans it up.”
Torres says, “He’s a lifer for sure.”
As for Rafferty’s character, she says, “Donna’s crushing it at work and yes, she’s wearing her outfits and all the things. And she’s still keeping all those bonds, like juicy and strong with Jessica with Louis, with everyone.”
Hoffman says, “I think Louis keeps calling Donna to beg her to come work.”
But here in this IRL universe, the cast keeps their bonds strong off set, whether it’sSuitsor the e.l.f. commercial. There is, to be sure, a lot of texting. If you’re wondering who is the fastest to reply, that’s Gina they say. “Yeah, our boss,” Hoffman says. Most emojis? Also Torres. Dirtiest jokes? Torres and Hoffman say, “Sarah,” at the same time. “She goeslow, man,” Hoffman says.
Then Rafferty says, “I wouldn’t even say it’s emojis or dirty jokes. I think we have the strongest GIF game. I will reveal very little here about the content of the GIF game, but we can go GIF after GIF after GIF. Without typing a single word.”
source: people.com
