Wendell Pierce Jokes He ‘Higher Be Requested’ to Cameo on ‘Fits’

Wendell Pierce is prepared for his return to the Fits universe.

The New Orleans-born actor, 60, lately appeared on SiriusXM’s The Highlight with Jessica Shaw, the place he mentioned the potential for him showing within the Fits spinoff, Fits L.A.

Through the Friday, Oct. 25 episode, Pierce referred to as the present’s resurgence “fascinating” after it turned accessible for streaming, permitting a brand new wave of followers to find the sequence.

“I feel it is probably the most fascinating factor that hastily, our present bought on Netflix and it blew up,” he informed Shaw. “We bought a textual content, a series textual content, from Gabriel Macht (Harvey Specter) who’s the lead, and he simply despatched this textual content to everybody saying, ‘WTF.’ ”

The authorized drama debuted on USA in 2011 and wrapped up in 2019. Nonetheless, in 2023, the sequence was added to Netflix’s catalog and set streaming data. 

In line with Pierce, the textual content from Macht, 52, took the group chat without warning, however he’s longing for the chances it may convey.  

“I imply, there is a new Fits being produced proper now, so I am positive that we’ll be making cameos on it,” the Elsbeth actor mentioned. “I higher be requested to make a cameo on the present ‘trigger we went on strike as a result of we’re not getting something from that resurgence.”

Switching gears, he added, “However I’d like to make a cameo on the present.”

Pierce, who performed the daddy of Meghan Markle‘s character Rachel Zane on Fits, stays near his former costars — even outdoors of their group textual content. 

Talking to PEOPLE on the 2024 Tony Awards in New York Metropolis in June, the Wire alum despatched his TV daughter, 43, effectively needs. 

“When [Meghan] got here into city, she bought an award final yr, had an opportunity to say good day and want she and Prince Harry effectively and want the youngsters effectively,” Pierce completely informed PEOPLE on the time. 

“They appear very a lot in love and had been very completely satisfied, in order that’s a very powerful factor,” he added of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

And although it’s been a number of years for the reason that authentic Fits ended, Pierce and Meghan have managed to nonetheless see one another on a number of events. 

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“I’ve gotten to see her just some occasions since, and we have been capable of reminisce and so it is actual, we have now fond reminiscences of working collectively,” he shared.

Fits L.A. will see Stephen Amell as sequence lead Ted Black, a “former federal prosecutor from New York” who “has reinvented himself representing probably the most highly effective shoppers in Los Angeles,” in keeping with an official description. 

Not one of the present’s authentic actors have been confirmed to make cameos, though, along with Pierce, Patrick J. Adams (Michael Ross) has additionally expressed curiosity in returning.

All 9 seasons of Fits are streaming on Netflix.