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How John Slattery and Milo Callaghan discovered to spar (and placed on an accent) in ‘The Rainmaker’
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How John Slattery and Milo Callaghan discovered to spar (and placed on an accent) in ‘The Rainmaker’

Last updated: August 15, 2025 3:10 pm
Editorial Board Published August 15, 2025
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Very similar to a rainmaker is an individual adept at bringing in new enterprise and income to an organization, USA is inserting its guess on “The Rainmaker,” a brand new drama sequence premiering Friday and based mostly on John Grisham’s 1995 bestselling novel, to deliver viewers hungry for scripted content material again to the community.

As soon as a beacon of “blue sky” sequence like the sunshine, character-driven hit reveals “Monk,” “Suits” and “White Collar,” adopted by darker fare like “Mr. Robot,” over the previous a number of years NBCUniversal, the mum or dad firm of USA, has centered totally on unscripted programming together with actuality, sports activities and different dwell occasions. Within the final 5 years, the community’s solely scripted sequence have been the second season of “Dirty John” (after the primary season aired on sister channel Bravo) and “Chucky,” which aired concurrently on Syfy and USA till the sequence led to 2024.

Whether or not “The Rainmaker,” developed by Michael Seitzman and Jason Richman with Blumhouse Tv, ushers in a brand new period of scripted sequence and viewers for the community stays to be seen, however the swing they’re taking is a giant one with a property identified in each the literary and movie house. It’s been 30 years for the reason that “Rainmaker” novel was launched, turning into one of many fastest-selling books on the time — 300,000 copies have been offered in its first 4 days of launch. Adapting it for the large display was a no brainer; two years later, the function movie starring Matt Damon would hit theaters.

For the 10-episode sequence, of which Grisham is an govt producer, the e book’s Memphis locale has been shifted to present-day Charleston, S.C., the place scrappy however sensible legislation college graduate Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) will get sacked on his first day at prestigious agency Tinley Britt when he rubs authorized legend Leo F. Drummond (John Slattery) the flawed method. Determined for a job, he lands at a much less respected agency, J. Lyman Stone & Associates, owned by robust lawyer Jocelyn “Bruiser” Stone (Lana Parrilla) whose one different staffer is ambulance-chasing paralegal Deck Shifflet (P.J. Byrne).

However the stress is on instantly when Bruiser asks Rudy point-blank if he has what it takes to be a rainmaker for the agency. Proving himself might come before he thinks when he digs into the mysterious hospital demise of a consumer’s son that begins trying extra like homicide, which opens a can of nefarious worms that retains issues heated for the drama’s first season.

Milo Callaghan stars as Rudy Baylor in “The Rainmaker,” a personality performed by Matt Damon within the function movie.

(Christopher Barr / USA Community)

Right here, newcomer Callaghan and TV veteran Slattery discuss sparring onscreen, what their characters may study from one another and the challenges Callaghan, a British native, had talking a South Carolina dialect — although the present was shot in Dublin, Eire.

With an adaptation like this, did you learn Grisham’s novel or keep on with the present scripts?

John Slattery: I learn the e book and it has a slower develop than the present, by necessity. The present has to have some extra peaks to maintain folks’s curiosity, whereas the e book appears to be an extended curve. However I used to be excited as quickly as I learn it. I assumed that it’s good to be the antagonist so far as having one thing energetic to play. I assumed, “You know, if we execute this well, it’ll be a really entertaining courtroom potboiler.”

Milo Callaghan: We had all 10 scripts from the off, which is kind of uncommon, so I actually deep-dived the scripts, that are so tight. I felt prefer it sat in my chest very well. Then I watched the movie, I learn the e book, and I feel John Grisham’s superb.

What was it about your characters that drew you in if you signed on?

Callaghan: Basically, for me, Rudy Baylor is a child who’s grieving [his brother], after which he’s attempting to take accountability for himself. His coronary heart’s at all times in the precise place, and the fantastic thing about the interactions he has with the opposite characters is all of them mentor him into realizing that the world’s perhaps not the idealistic haven that he anticipated. Generally he has to study to bend and transfer his traces within the sand, however he has a extremely sturdy ethical character.

Slattery: You assume Leo’s one factor, and then you definately see a aspect that you simply didn’t count on however, yeah, he’s a self-described bully. And being a profitable trial lawyer, there’s a bag of tips that in all probability grows with annually, so he’s in all probability fairly adept at utilizing all of them or no matter he wants given the state of affairs.

Leo and Rudy don’t hit it off proper off the bat, one thing evident when Leo challenges Rudy on his first day and is subsequently fired. Why precisely did Leo try this?

Slattery: The actual purpose he fires him is just not, clearly, what he tells him, however perhaps he sees a menace within the child being that his ethical code may differ from the current administration [at Tinley Britt], so perhaps you eliminate these folks. However Rudy’s good and I feel given Leo’s ego, he in all probability sees anybody adept as, “You remind me of myself.” However the advantage of Leo is you possibly can’t belief something he says, and that I discover fascinating.

Callaghan: I’d say they’re extra alike than you’ll assume. They each clearly have a present for rhetoric, they usually’re each bullish. My sense is that Leo has discovered to curb his enthusiasm and discovered that energy isn’t essentially in bulldozing right into a state of affairs. And he lets Rudy slip up rather a lot. Quite a lot of his victories are giving Rudy the chance to shoot himself within the foot versus taking pictures him within the foot, and that’s undoubtedly discovered conduct. However Leo’s the man that everybody desires to be. It’s a basic David and Goliath state of affairs.

A man stands at the head of a long conference table where a group of young lawyers in suits sit on each side.

Rudy is among the many new hires at Tinley Britt, however he doesn’t final the day.

(Christopher Barr / USA Community)

The younger legal professionals like Rudy and his girlfriend Sarah (Madison Iseman), who works at Tinley Britt, clearly have issues to study from Leo — however does he have issues to study from them?

Slattery: He might not assume he does, however everyone does. And Maddie’s character, Sarah, lets him realize it. He sees himself in her as effectively, and perhaps he sees one thing that he may use to his benefit, which is her loyalty to Rudy. He’s at all times trying to study one thing, whether or not it’s from somebody or simply the cracks of their armor or the data he can wheedle out of any person.

Callaghan: I used to be the youngest particular person on that set and, in the identical method, Rudy is the youngest particular person within the enterprise that he’s in. He’s bought Deck and Bruiser and even Leo and all of those individuals who have so a few years on him and so many experiences on him. Whereas I do assume he teaches them issues, they’ll draw him right into a extra practical view of the world.

There’s a scene within the first episode the place Sarah is speaking to Leo and he drops French fries on the ground for her to choose up. Are we supposed to love him in that second?

Slattery: Does he actually care what anyone thinks of him, like these youngsters who’re simply beginning out? I don’t assume he’s anxious about anyone else’s opinion. So far as the viewers goes, I’m undecided how vital that’s both whether or not you want Leo or not.

Authorized dramas include quite a lot of scenes set within the courtroom. How was engaged on these collectively?

Slattery: I guess you there isn’t quite a lot of an extended listing of actors who go, “Oh, good, I get to spend two weeks in the courtroom.” It’s not conducive oftentimes, and generally you’re like, “Wait, wait, what episode is this and what scene?”

Callaghan: John instructions presence, and he’s additionally very free and by no means does it the identical method twice. It’s at all times a dance. … In all probability the most important privilege of working with him is that it’s simply completely different each time. He could possibly be a critic and he may inform you what he thought of what you have been doing, however that first day was improbable. He bought up and we simply went at one another, and it actually felt like that was a giant second.

Slattery: I feel doing one thing the identical method is a waste of time. I imply, why do it twice the identical method? They have already got that model. Having been on the opposite aspect and edited a bunch and directed a bunch, it wasn’t till I did that that it actually sunk in.

A man with white hair in a suit stands next to a table inside a courtroom.

“John commands presence, and he’s also very loose and never does it the same way twice. It’s always a dance,” says Milo Callaghan about his co-star within the courtroom. (Christopher Barr / USA Community)

A woman in a purple suit standing next to a man in a dark suit in a courtroom. A woman sits and looks up at them.

Bruiser (Lana Parrilla) brings Rudy (Milo Callaghan) aboard at her agency, and he’s challenged by ethical questions. “His heart is always going to be in the place, but it’s a conundrum, isn’t it?” Callaghan says. (Christopher Barr / USA Community)

Vets like Leo and Bruiser are used to crossing ethical traces, however how will Rudy react when his morals are challenged?

Callaghan: His coronary heart is at all times going to be within the place, but it surely’s a conundrum, isn’t it? Even in life, morality is such a humorous factor as a result of no matter your coronary heart being in the precise place, nobody sees themselves because the dangerous man besides Leo Drummond, who sees himself as a bully. So with Rudy, there’s at all times a component of: Has he lived sufficient years or had sufficient experiences to essentially decide what’s proper and flawed?

Milo, how difficult was it to do the American accent? On prime of the present being set in South Carolina, it was additionally shot totally in Dublin, so that you in all probability additionally had an Irish accent floating about.

Slattery: I didn’t know … the state of present enterprise in the US was that you simply go to Dublin to double for South Carolina. That’s how screwed up it’s in Los Angeles.

Callaghan: Any Brit doing an American accent feels a sure stage of hysteria, however I drilled it and drilled it. I had an excellent dialect coach referred to as Jude McSpadden who was improbable, and she or he saved me on observe. Then, additionally, P.J. Byrne (Deck) wasn’t shy to look me within the eye from time to time and say, “Why are you saying it like that?” I had an excellent group of people that have been actually hypercritical of it when the accent fell off, which wasn’t actually because I labored laborious.

Slattery: Milo was in each scene mainly, and he’s doing an American accent besides, which does bizarre issues to folks. Your voice goes up an octave otherwise you begin to stroll otherwise. It’s a little bit of a head journey. However he did an excellent job.

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