Audiences know Gabriel Macht as tenacious lawyer Harvey Specter on Suits. The series deservedly garnered the actor plenty of attention, because his performance combined with the sharp writing of Aaron Korsh to elevate Harvey beyond any other TV lawyer. Over nine seasons of Suits, viewers saw countless layers to him while he never stopped commanding a room. What viewers probably don’t know is that just before Suits, Macht could’ve similarly catapulted the S.W.A.T. franchise.In 2003, Columbia Pictures and Original Film adapted the 1970s TV show S.W.A.T. into a blockbuster motion picture starring Colin Farrell and a pre-MCU Samuel L. Jackson. It remains an incredibly underrated movie; it didn’t reinvent the wheel, but it was a whole lot of fun and made better by the talents of the cast. So it seemed like a good idea when in 2011, Original Film came back with S.W.A.T.: Firefight, starring Macht as the new team leader. The sequel had every chance to succeed — which makes it incredibly frustrating that it didn’t.While its predecessor boasted A-list stars, S.W.A.T. Firefight wasn’t lagging behind in its casting — it was full of recognizable names, even if they weren’t as well-known as Michelle Rodriguez or future NCIS franchise star LL Cool J. Macht had already starred or co-starred in several high-profile films, including Whiteout, The Spirit and alongside Farrell in The Recruit. And to work opposite him, the producers landed movies’ most iconic villain: Robert Patrick, who terrified a generation as the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. That matchup created the core of a good movie. Every hero needs an equally imposing villain, and Patrick had the gravity that Olivier Martinez’s original villain Alex Montel had lacked. On top of that, Patrick and Macht’s acting styles complemented each other; both can be intense, but Patrick could show that intensity in Hatch’s aggressive behavior, while Macht was great at having Cutler hold that in and having it quietly build up inside the character.RELATED: S.W.A.T. Resurrected at CBS for Season 7
Audiences know Gabriel Macht as tenacious lawyer Harvey Specter on Suits. The series deservedly garnered the actor plenty of attention, because his performance combined with the sharp writing of Aaron Korsh to elevate Harvey beyond any other TV lawyer. Over nine seasons of Suits, viewers saw countless layers to him while he never stopped commanding a room. What viewers probably don’t know is that just before Suits, Macht could’ve similarly catapulted the S.W.A.T. franchise.
In 2003, Columbia Pictures and Original Film adapted the 1970s TV show S.W.A.T. into a blockbuster motion picture starring Colin Farrell and a pre-MCU Samuel L. Jackson. It remains an incredibly underrated movie; it didn’t reinvent the wheel, but it was a whole lot of fun and made better by the talents of the cast. So it seemed like a good idea when in 2011, Original Film came back with S.W.A.T.: Firefight, starring Macht as the new team leader. The sequel had every chance to succeed — which makes it incredibly frustrating that it didn’t.
While its predecessor boasted A-list stars, S.W.A.T. Firefight wasn’t lagging behind in its casting — it was full of recognizable names, even if they weren’t as well-known as Michelle Rodriguez or future NCIS franchise star LL Cool J. Macht had already starred or co-starred in several high-profile films, including Whiteout, The Spirit and alongside Farrell in The Recruit. And to work opposite him, the producers landed movies’ most iconic villain: Robert Patrick, who terrified a generation as the T-1000 in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. That matchup created the core of a good movie. Every hero needs an equally imposing villain, and Patrick had the gravity that Olivier Martinez’s original villain Alex Montel had lacked. On top of that, Patrick and Macht’s acting styles complemented each other; both can be intense, but Patrick could show that intensity in Hatch’s aggressive behavior, while Macht was great at having Cutler hold that in and having it quietly build up inside the character.
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