Jack Falahee explained why he and Conrad Ricamora needed “a break” after playing onscreen love interests on How to Get Away With Murder — and how that experience paved the way for a lifelong friendship.
“He’s a rock star and one of the loves of my life,” Falahee, 36, exclusively told Us Weekly while promoting his guest spot on Grosse Pointe Garden Society. “It was bizarre. We needed a break after the show wrapped — and it was a very intense union with the two of us on screen.”
Falahee and Ricamora, 46, have since found a new normal. “It took us a second, and then I flew out to New York to see him. I was so grateful that we had taken the break,” he told Us. “Because I think it gave us the runway to now have this really, really beautiful friendship.”
While reflecting on the challenges he faced after an on-set injury, Falahee recalled Ricamora’s support, adding, “He’s another person that has just been an incredible shoulder to lean on. I would kill for the opportunity to work with him again. But he’s busy being a Broadway star. I mean, have you seen Oh, Mary!? He’s absolutely sensational.”
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Falahee added: “I will fly literally around the world to see him on stage. And if anyone has the opportunity to, they should as well.”
The former costars won Us over as Connor and Oliver on ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder. During the show’s run from 2014 to 2020, the fictional couple faced many ups and downs. Off screen, however, the How to Get Away With Murder cast remained close even after moving on to new projects.
“We stopped filming shortly before the COVID pandemic. So especially in those early days, we were really relying on each other since we became a family,” Falahee told Us. “We were sort of a support group for one another through that really difficult time for the world at large.”
The actor called the experience “a light in the darkness,” adding, “To have the final season of the show be airing and for us to be on our group chat and sharing memories with one another. It’s not often in our industry that you do get to work with people again. … I definitely subscribe in this line of work that I know it is unlikely that I’ll get to work with people again — but I desperately hope to.”
After taking a break from acting due to an injury, Falahee is back and better than ever with a guest spot on his HTGAWM costar Aja Naomi King’s show.
“It was really nice. To be honest, I have had some very lean years. It’s been really tough in the industry and coming out of the pandemic and into the strike. Then last year, I was on a film and I ruptured my Achilles [tendon] — and that took me out for the entire year,” he revealed. “At the end of last year, I was recovering from surgery and really down. I was having a really tough time and I just reached out to a couple of friends that I knew were working and asked for help. I asked if they would keep an eye out for anything that might be right for me.”
Falahee immediately felt the support from King, 40.
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“[She] called me and was like, ‘There’s a really fun little arc on my show, and all the scenes would be with me.’ That’s just a testament to who she is as a person. She could tell that I was having a tough time,” he recalled. “And I stayed with her and her [husband] Dan [King] and their son while we were filming. There was a snowstorm in Atlanta, and it hadn’t snowed in 13 years so production got shut down.”
Falahee continued: “It was just so nice to be living with them and not only get to observe how much she’s grown as an actress and a leader on set — but also as a partner and a mother. It was nice to be inside of their world for a little bit. … It was a very therapeutic moment in my life and started this year on a really positive note for me. So I’m just eternally grateful.”
Grosse Pointe Garden Society airs on NBC Sundays at 10 p.m. ET, and new episodes are available to stream on Peacock the next day.
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