"At a definite point, you go much similar Harvey arsenic you spell in, and it's precise hard to shingle immoderate of the vigor that dresses you portion you're successful that world," helium reflected. "I became a batch much similar Harvey than I was erstwhile I started, which was different crushed wherefore I needed clip away—to let him to spell backmost to wherever helium came from."

The 2019 series finale gave him a accidental to hide astir the relation helium embodied for astir 10 years. But becoming much similar Harvey didn't needfully mean that Gabriel recovered himself relating to his character's problematic behavior.

"When you look astatine antithetic elements of the show, determination are truthful galore slivers of myself that align with him and truthful overmuch of his antheral toxic masculinity that I don't subscribe to," helium explained. "I deliberation he's selfish and controlling, but underneath it, he's got a bosom of gold, which is wherefore we attraction for him astatine the extremity of the day."

One happening that Gabriel and Harvey do decidedly person successful common? A penchant for acheronian liquors similar whiskey.

"One of the roles I've played successful my vocation resonated with drinking whiskey," helium quipped. "Harvey Specter liked to portion connected immoderate bully days and immoderate challenging days for antithetic reasons, but ever responsibly." 

So, a concern with Bear Fight Whiskey was the cleanable accidental for Gabriel—and homage to his past characters similar Harvey.

"I ever thought it would beryllium truly absorbing to get successful connected the crushed floor," helium explained, "and put successful an ensemble of radical that knew what they were doing and were starting a task I could align my values with."

"Bear Fight was thing that appealed to me," helium continued. "The whiskey tastes large and the statement is benignant of assertive with a carnivore and claw. It's similar a disrupter, successful a way, since whiskey is seen arsenic this old-school, accepted drink." 

And it's been an breathtaking accidental for Gabriel to widen his creativity.

"It's been breathtaking due to the fact that truthful overmuch of being an histrion is expanding connected the writer's words oregon the director's imaginativeness of a story," helium added. "Here, I was capable to trust connected my ain bureau and truly speech done immoderate of the worldly that I privation to get crossed and what's important to me."

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