Stephen Amell Says His Daughter, 11, Helped Him Read Lines forSuits LAPilot — Including This NSFW Quote (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Stephen Amell on Feb. 20, 2025.Photo:Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

Rodin Eckenroth/Getty

Stephen Amellgot a little help from his real-life family to step into theSuitsuniverse for the new NBC spinoff seriesSuits LA.

TheArrowstar, 43 exclusively told PEOPLE at theSuits LApremiere in Los Angeles on Feb. 20 that his and wifeCassandra Jean’s 11-year-old daughter,Maverick, read lines from the show’s pilot with him when she was 10 so he could prepare to audition for the legal drama series.

One NSFW quote from the script apparently has become an ongoing joke in the Amell household. The quote comes from a conversation betweenStephen’s character Ted Blackand another character.

Stephen and Cassandra Jean Amell with daughter Maverick in 2023.John Salangsang/Shutterstock

John Salangsang/Shutterstock

“There’s this line where Ted says, and it’s very early on, so I don’t think I’m spoiling too much where I’m trying to sign this client, and the character says to me, ‘Have they signed?’ And they say, ‘If you’re not signing right now, I’ll cut off my left ball if they’re not signing right now,’ ” he recalls.

“And then they sign and my character goes, ‘Left ball lives.’ My daughter thought that was the funniest thing she’s ever heard,” Stephen continues. “Even now, whenever I mention that I’m going to work, she’s like, ‘Left ball lives, Dad. Left ball lives.’ ”

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Stephen and Cassandra Jean Amell with daugther Maverick in 2016.Jim Spellman/WireImage

Jim Spellman/WireImage

Asked at the premiere if Maverick is old enough to watchSuits LA,the father of two expressed why she’s allowed to watch it.

“Oh, sure. Yeah, yeah, yeah,” he says, adding a caveat. “I don’t know if we’d let her watch it if I wasn’t on it, but when you’re on it, there’s a special dispensation given for children.”

Stephen plays prosecutor Ted Black, whom NBC describes as a “charismatic force of nature who puts his own needs above others.”

In aninterview with PEOPLEin 2024, Stephen said he’s “very excited” for his role in the spinoff series because “it’s something very new and different for me — talky-talky, not punchy-punchy.”

The series also starsLex Scott Davis,Josh McDermittandBryan Greenberg.

Suits LApremieres Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

source: people.com